Indigenous Arizonans Still Targeted by Medicaid Fraud Schemes

Indigenous Arizonans still targeted by Medicaid fraud schemes

Though the Arizona's Medicaid system has cracked down on fraudulent sober living homes, they're still victimizing people.

Medicaid fraud targeting Indigenous communities continues despite AHCCCS reforms

A group of volunteers with Turtle Island Women Warriors demonstrate outside the Arizona Capitol in November 2024 to raise awareness about Indigenous community members displaced by the state's massive Medicaid fraud scheme. (Photo by Christopher Lomahquahu/AZCIR)Nearly three years after Arizona uncovered an unprecedented $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scandal that targeted Indigenous communities, sober living program operators are still recruiting v…