About half of Medicaid's $18B in claims paid to Minnesota programs may be fraudulent, official says
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December 18, 2025 1:05 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — About half or more of the roughly $18 billion in claims paid out by Medicaid to 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been fraudulent, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said the scale of fraud in Minnesota outpaces that of other states and puts services at risk for people who really need them.
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