Morning Wire Medicaid Abuse Abounds & Spanberger Ally Raided | 5.7.26
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May 7, 2026 
Katie Pavlich, conservative commentator and TV host, weighs in on the FBI raid and Virginia political fallout. Lyndon Blake, sports reporter, breaks down LIV Golf’s funding collapse and scramble for investors. Luke Rosiak, investigative reporter, outlines a major Ohio Medicaid fraud probe. Short, punchy discussions on raids, redistricting ties, funding implosions, and large‑scale public‑benefit scams.
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Medicaid Waivers Exploited In Ohio At Massive Scale
- Ohio's Medicaid personal services waivers are being exploited at scale for unverifiable billing to federal taxpayers.
- Luke Rosiak found buildings housing hundreds of shell Medicaid companies, one landlord's tenants billed $250 million and many operators had criminal records or tax liens.
Weak Verification And Low Barriers Enable Billing Abuse
- The scheme is enabled by weak verification and low barriers: Medicaid allows family caregivers and doesn't block applicants with criminal records.
- Rosiak argues proving legal fraud may be hard but the financial scale makes the situation untenable and calls for oversight.
Case Study Of Questionable Medicaid Operators
- Luke profiled a husband and wife from Sierra Leone who ran a company that billed about $1 million to Medicaid despite both having theft and assault convictions.
- He also found a company registered to a teenage son of a convicted money launderer, showing odd registrations and questionable operators.