Pennsylvania's Republican Attorney General Dave Sunday detailed how his state has become number one in the country in convicting Medicaid fraudsters in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital."As you know, in Pennsylvania we had the most Medicaid fraud convictions in the entire country last year.And the reason for that is because of how aggressively we investigate and prosecute these cases," Sunday told Fox News Digital."We have an absolute moral duty to protect the most vulnerable amongst us.
And one of the ways we can do that is making sure that the resources that are meant to go to them actually get to them," he continued.Amid a strong push from the White House to investigate and prosecute fraud nationwide — demonstrated through Vice President JD Vance's White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud — Medicaid fraud in particular has come into the spotlight.I'M OHIO'S STATE AUDITOR — MEDICAID FRAUD IS NOT JUST A WASHINGTON PROBLEMFTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and Vice President Vance meet to discuss efforts to combat fraud and enhance accountability in social welfare programs.(Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)In May, Vance's task force announced an indictment in a $46.6 million Minnesota Medicaid fraud scheme that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.called the "largest autism fraud bust in American history."And as high-profile fraud busts involving foreign nationals in Minnesota, California and other blue states increasingly highlight the prevalence of social service scams, Sunday's efforts in a purple state stand out especially.Key to Sunday's nation-leading conviction rate, he told Fox News Digital, is the emphasis his office places on collaboration, including with his state's Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro."We collaborate on a lot of issues, and this is one of those issues that our offices do collaborate on.
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