A new report allegedly showed fraudsters collected millions from Medicaid and food stamp programs using stolen Social Security numbers and dead people's id's.
Scattered storms are on tap in Central Ohio on Saturday, and some of them could be severe later in the evening. A new report allegedly showed fraudsters collected millions from Medicaid and food stamp programs using stolen Social Security numbers and dead people's identities.
According to the new report shared with Daily Signal by the Foundation for Government Accountability, one case showed a Social Security number was tied to 15 employers across 14 states within a three-month period. The foundation noted that there is currently no federal requirements for states to verify who someone is before they enroll in Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
“Requiring identity verification for welfare applicants at the federal level would save an estimated $29 billion over the 10-year budget window,” the report says. “Prior to enrollment, state agencies should not only ensure that the claimed identity is eligible for the program, but that the person seeking enrollment is who they say they are. ”“The food stamp program is also rife with identity fraud.
A recent review of roughly half of state food stamp programs revealed more than one million instances of duplicate enrollment, the enrollment of a deceased individual, the use of dummy SSNs, and instances of no SSN found,” the report says.
“These fraudulent enrollments led to estimated costs of more than $2.2 billion. ”Central Ohio has recorded the worst air quality ever due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires drifting across the state. There is an Air Quality Alert for all oA dentist is accused of causing the fatal overdose of a 4-year-old girl during a medically unnecessary procedure earlier this year.
A week-long drug enforcement initiative conducted throughout Richland County, beginning July 5, yielded 24 arrests.24 individuals were indicted on a total of 6Newly-obtained Gallia County records are providing new details about efforts to locate the family of six children who years later were among the 16 children invA Grove City man accused of shooting another man he said sexually assaulted a child is being held in jail on a $100,000 bond.
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