Bill to fund Medicaid fraud prosecutions eviscerated by House GOP

Bill to fund Medicaid fraud prosecutions eviscerated by House GOP

If this can’t pass, what will? As even casual State Capitol followers know by now, providers committing Medicaid fraud has meant low-income Minnesotans not getting assistance, untold taxpayer money squandered, and Tim Walz not running for reelection.  One low-hanging fruit solution seemed like more money toward the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which is part of the state attorney general’s office. A bill to increase this unit’s budget — which wou…