The White House released an update on its war against fraud on Tuesday shortly before a press conference from Vice President JD Vance on the same topic, but both failed to include any mention of Maine’s rampant fraud.
“The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is moving at unprecedented speed and ferocity to root out the waste, abuse, and criminal exploitation of government programs that have drained billions from hardworking taxpayers,” said the White House release.
The press release provides a timeline of federal anti-fraud enforcement actions going back to February.
The list includes a variety of enforcement actions, such as the suspension of 447 hospices and 23 home health agencies in Los Angeles, the suspension of new home health and hospice Medicare billers nationwide, crackdowns on COVID-era small business loan fraud, and arrests and prosecutions related to Minnesota’s Somali-run healthcare fraud industry.
The timeline conspicuously failed to include any mentions of Maine, despite Vice President Vance’s visit to Maine on May 14, in which he officially recognized The Maine Wire’s reporting on fraud in the state.
Shortly after the press release, Vance hosted a roundtable discussion on anti-fraud initiatives with state attorneys general who have decided to comply with the government’s anti-fraud efforts. Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey was not present.
As with the press release, there was no mention of Maine in the press conference, leaving Mainers to wait and wonder when, if ever, they will see fraud crackdowns like those that have taken place in Minnesota and California.
They didn’t go because they are in on it, or knew about it