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NY, Calif. Medicaid directors among four to appear for House fraud hearing
By Josh Christenson Published June 18, 2026, 9:56 a.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.
Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — Four state Medicaid bosses have agreed to appear before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on benefit fraud next week, The Post has learned.
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations invited New York state Medicaid director Amir Bassiri to the June 25 hearing, along with Tyler Sadwith of California, John Connolly of Minnesota and Scott Partika of Ohio.
“Fraud puts the Medicaid program at risk, harming beneficiaries and reducing access to quality health care for the most vulnerable Americans,” Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and John Joyce (R-Pa.) said in a statement.
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“States have a duty to be responsible stewards of public resources, but a lack of stringent guardrails at the state level has left Medicaid programs highly susceptible to fraud,” they added.
“The Committee is conducting meaningful oversight to address fraud and moving forward with the next phase of our oversight work to eradicate systemic fraud and fortify Medicaid program integrity nationwide.”
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The announcement comes as the Trump administration aggressively cracks down on fraudsters who bilk taxpayer-funded entitlement programs.
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against New York on Tuesday alleging officials in Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration engaged in a “sham bid process” to let a handpicked company operate the Empire State’s $11 billion Medicaid home health care program.
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“New York’s failure to police a favored vendor that unlawfully siphoned millions of dollars of Medicaid funding is egregious and betrays the public trust,” said Brett A. Shumate, assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, in a statement.
Bassiri is named as a defendant in the suit as “part of an effort to disqualify other qualified bidders,” which the feds claim involved “pressure from our Governor’s Office.”
New York shelled out $115.6 billion on Medicaid for around 7 million people in fiscal year 2025.
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The program “has continued to grow at unsustainable levels,” per Hochul’s budget plan for this fiscal year.
The Trump administration’s anti-fraud task force has also announced investigations, prosecutions and convictions of dozens of scammers in New York, California, Minnesota and Ohio.
On June 4, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel revealed a $30 million scheme in Columbus, Ohio, to defraud behavioral health services for children. That money had instead been used to buy luxury cars.
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Task force leaders — including Vice President JD Vance — have also announced the revocation of hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding for Medicaid programs in Minnesota and California.
Federal prosecutors have suggested that the amount looted from Medicaid and other taxpayer programs in Minnesota since 2018 could top $9 billion.
Some White House officials, like deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, have claimed that the money recouped from fraudsters could help balance the federal budget.
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Provisions in Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act will also reduce state-directed Medicaid spending by $911 billion over the next decade, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Guthrie’s panel began investigating Minnesota’s fraud in January, but expanded its inquiry in March to 10 other states, citing several of the recent busts.
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Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
