Medicaid Fraud, Work Rules Grow Into GOP Focus Ahead of Midterms

June 3, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC

Congressional Republicans are defending efforts to curb Medicaid spending by saying the healthcare program for low-income Americans is rife with fraud and that beneficiaries need incentives to work.

“We have a problem with verifying the integrity of America’s welfare programs,” said Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas), chair of the Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, at a hearing Wednesday.

The House Oversight hearing on Ohio’s Medicaid home- and community-based health services took place the same week the Trump administration pushed forward with implementation of Medicaid work requirements by releasing an interim rule laying out data reporting requirements ...

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