New: JD Vance Shuts Down 447 LA Hospices in $600M Fraud Crackdown

When we surrender a significant percentage of our annual income to the various levels of government, the least we should expect in return is for that money to be used properly, to fund the government's one primary role: to protect the liberty and property of the taxpayers. We have a right to expect our government employees to prevent our money from being soaked up in massive fraud. But that is what has been happening; those days, though, may be coming to an end.

We have been watching the first actions taken by Vice President JD Vance's fraud task force, and the results of their work are starting to roll in - and they are rather spectacular. A "First on Fox" piece over at Fox News has some numbers.

The anti-fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance has suspended 447 hospices and 23 home health agencies suspected of fraud in Los Angeles, with a total fraud estimate of more than $600 million.
The number of suspensions is roughly a 539% increase from the 70 reported by Fox News Digital at the beginning of April.
"Where there is fraud, the task force will find it," a spokesperson for Vance told Fox News Digital. "We will not stop until every hard-earned taxpayer dollar goes toward the honest Americans who deserve them."

That's great news, although we have a sneaking suspicion that this is just a drop in the bucket. There can be little doubt that this kind of fraud happens across the spectrum, ranging from a few hundred dollars here and there to, as we see here, millions - maybe billions. In my years in medical devices and biotech, for a while I had a piece of a company that manufactured a specialty hospital bed; we also had a leasing division, wherein we leased specialty medical equipment to hospitals and care centers. This was in the early 2000s, and the amount of fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid reporting we saw was shocking; my partner and I fired two sales reps for indulging in such fraud.

The vice president's task force, though, is correct in going after the big-money fraud operations first.

A White House official doubled down on Vance and the task force’s commitment to root out fraud, and sent a stark warning to those suspected of fraudulent activity.
"To all fraudsters: good luck trying to hide from the Vice President's task force," the White House official told Fox News Digital. "[The anti-fraud task force is] reviewing and pursuing every possible lead. These suspension numbers, and the dollar values saved, are only going to increase."
The rising numbers add to the $259.5 million in Medicaid funds to Minnesota that Vance and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced plans to block in February.

This is what we might call "a good start."

Vance's Anti-Fraud Task Force Freezes 70 LA Providers As Federal Crackdown Hits California Hospice System

Here's the very real concern to come out of all this: What happens in 2028? All of this fraud investigation and shutdown (and the delightful shamed withdrawal of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz from his re-election campaign) is only happening because President Donald Trump ordered it done. Democrat administrations seemed perfectly content to let this go on. For that matter, previous Republican administrations didn't seem too concerned. But there has been a pretty blatant explosion in such fraud in the last few years, and it's grown far too prevalent to ignore.

But will any possible future Democratic president keep up the effort? When the fraudsters are among their most reliable voters? Color me skeptical.

Editor’s Note: The American people overwhelmingly support President Trump’s law and order agenda.

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