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Search results for "9 people were charged in Ohio for Medicaid fraud"

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Fact-checks (22940)

Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2010 in a campaign commercial for Bill McCollum:
Bill McCollum has "recovered $200 million in Medicaid fraud."
By Laura Figueroa• June 14, 2010
Mehmet Oz stated on January 06, 2026 in an interview on Fox News:
“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”
By Amy Sherman• January 14, 2026
Peter Roskam stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
By Jon Greenberg• June 17, 2013
Alex Sink stated on March 04, 2010 in an interview with interview with the St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald.:
"Nobody has been talking about it (Medicaid fraud), focused on it, or paying attention to it."
By Aaron Sharockman• March 6, 2010
Donald Trump stated on January 13, 2026 in a speech in Detroit:
"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 13, 2026
Thomas Garrett Jr. stated on April 02, 2014 in an op-ed.:
"Last year the (Medicaid Fraud Control Unit) in Virginia alone recovered over $200 million!"
By Sean Gorman• May 12, 2014
Ron Saunders stated on January 19, 2011 in a meeting with reporters:
"The two worst counties for (Medicaid) fraud in the country -- not state -- are Dade and Broward county."
By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2011
Sherrod Brown stated on April 09, 2018 in a speech to the City Club of Cleveland:
"Right now in Ohio 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment because they have insurance under the Affordable Care Act."
By Amy Sherman• April 20, 2018
Tom Coburn stated on August 24, 2009 in Fox News Channel's On the Record With Greta Van Susteren:
"Medicare has at least $80 billion worth of fraud a year. That's a full 20 percent of every dollar that's spent on Medicare goes to fraud."
By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2009
Bill McCollum stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement from his campaign:
Rick Scott's former health care company, Columbia/HCA, committed "fraud."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 10, 2010
Donald Trump stated on August 07, 2019 in a tweet:
Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley were "totally misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital. Their news conference after I left for El Paso was a fraud. It bore no resemblance to what took place with those incredible people that I was so lucky to meet and spend time with."  
By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2019
Pam Bondi stated on December 29, 2025 in an X post:
The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”
By Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026
Florida Democratic Party stated on October 10, 2010 in a TV ad.:
In ad attacking Rick Scott, says three executives of the Columbia/HCA hospital chain he ran were indicted.
By Aaron Sharockman• October 12, 2010
Frank Luntz stated on April 06, 2016 in a tweet:
"Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 11, 2016
Right to Rise stated on February 02, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich had "the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, Republican or Democrat."
By Aaron Sharockman• February 2, 2016
Holly Benson stated on July 31, 2010 in a candidates' debate:
"Florida is now the No. 1 state in the country for automobile accident fraud."
By Lukas Pleva• August 5, 2010
Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall:
"There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program."  
By Tom Kertscher• April 19, 2019
John Stemberger stated on September 22, 2015 in a letter to Gov. Rick Scott:
Planned Parenthood has "now (been) found to also illegally sell baby parts."
By Joshua Gillin• October 7, 2015
Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2016 in a tweet:
"Of course, there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day."
By Linda Qiu• October 17, 2016
We the People petition stated on November 19, 2012 in a petition on the White House website:
"In one county alone in Ohio, President Obama received 106,258 votes. But there were only 98,213 eligible voters."
By Tom Feran• November 19, 2012

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By Aaron Sharockman• October 26, 2010

The facts on George Santos’ House expulsion: What happens next?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 1, 2023

Rick Scott and the fraud case of Columbia/HCA

By Aaron Sharockman• June 11, 2010

Fact-checking the Florida Democrats' latest attack on Rick Scott

By Aaron Sharockman• October 12, 2010

Sorting through the Medicaid claims

By Nancy Madsen• April 10, 2014

How the Trump-backed policy bill rolls back Obamacare

By Julie Appleby, Phil Galewitz• June 5, 2025

Rick Scott, Florida's new governor

By John Bartosek, Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson, Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman• November 3, 2010

Health care in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2018

State legislatures rarely expel lawmakers. We found 19 examples in nearly 23 years.

By Madison Czopek• April 13, 2023

Republican megabill will mean higher health costs for many Americans

By Julie Appleby, Phil Galewitz, Renuka Rayasam, Bernard J. Wolfson• July 2, 2025

‘Everything we trained for’: How the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned for violence on Jan. 6

By Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2021

Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 1, 2025

Trump lawyer’s claim that indictment attacks First Amendment rights is dubious, experts say

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 7, 2023

Fact-checking falsehoods about Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and taxes, deficit, Medicaid

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Loreben Tuquero• June 24, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: What steps do election officials take to prevent fraud?

By Amy Sherman• June 1, 2022

What could be next for George Santos in the House?

By Louis Jacobson• January 4, 2023

Ballot drop boxes have long been used without controversy. Then Trump got involved

By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2020

The misinformation trap: the business of misleading migrants

By Daniela Mendoza, Patricia Mercado Sánchez, Julie Ricard• July 3, 2023

The facts of a fair US election have only gotten stronger since Capitol attack

By Amy Sherman• January 6, 2022