Dr. Mehmet Oz and Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill came to Minnesota to get a firsthand look at the Medicaid fraud that, so far, has eaten up about half of all Medicaid money for the past several years.
What they found that was so interesting was not the fraud, but the efforts that the fraudsters are making to intimidate investigators looking into it.
By now, we are all quite well aware of the massive fraud going on in Minnesota. Despite being pushed out of the news by the anti-ICE protesters and the now-familiar attacks on both federal law enforcement and ordinary citizens, the fraud investigations are simmering in the background.
What was more interesting was the effort to cover it up, both by local Democratic Party elected officials and government workers, and by crowds of mainly Somalis who are working to intimidate federal investigators looking into it.
Dr. Oz and O’Neill visited the Griggs office building, a hideously run-down space that has, count them, 40 healthcare companies. They were refused entry into the building, and within minutes a crowd surrounded the vehicle and drove them away out of concern for their safety.
It’s organized crime, only in this case, the organization doing the crime is in league with the government officials whose job it is to ensure that it does not happen.
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