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‘TIP OF THE ICEBERG’: Ohio Reveals the Depth of America’s Fraud Crisis

Minnesota’s welfare schemes exposed the scale of taxpayer fraud, California’s hospice scandal showed the problem was not isolated, and now Ohio’s Medicaid problem reveals how deep fraud may run.

During my appearance Monday on Fox News with Jon Scott, I argued that the fraud uncovered so far in several states is only the tip of the iceberg. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Signal, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said that fraud could account for as much as 22% of benefits spending, with nationwide losses estimated at $187 billion annually. For decades, state governments were reactive to this problem instead of proactive, treating fraud as a problem to address after they doled out taxpayer dollars. Prosecutors were forced to chase the money after it was siphoned off and transferred to foreign countries, or gone to pay for luxury homes, cars, and vacations.

Only a proactive approach will counter fraud successfully. The way to........

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