The Trump administration’s newly declared “War on Fraud” has landed in Texas with a sharp warning from Railroad Commission candidate Bo French, who suggests the scale of healthcare abuse in the Lone Star State may far exceed the shocking schemes recently uncovered in Minnesota and California.
French’s comments followed a high-profile White House announcement by Vice President JD Vance, who detailed a massive federal crackdown on the exploitation of taxpayer-funded programs like Medicaid.
The initiative, first teased during President Trump’s State of the Union address, aims to dismantle what officials describe as a multi-billion-dollar drain on the American social contract.
Speaking from the White House on Wednesday, Vice President Vance—tasked by the President to lead the government-wide effort—framed the issue as a matter of national character and fiscal survival.
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“The United States of America is a generous country and we take care of our own,” Vance said. “It’s disgraceful that fraudsters out there are taking advantage of programs like Medicaid. That stops today.”
Vance emphasized that while the country prides itself on supporting those who are “down on their luck” or working hard to put food on the table, the system has been compromised by “bad actors” getting rich off the “generosity of spirit” intended for vulnerable children. “We’re taking a whole of government approach in the Trump administration to take this fraud seriously,” he added.
Bo French, a former Tarrant County Republican Party chairman currently challenging incumbent Jim Wright, responded to the Vice President by pointing toward the unique vulnerabilities facing Texas. French highlighted the state’s massive economic footprint and recent demographic shifts as primary concerns for oversight.
“If you think the fraud in Minnesota and California are enormous (they are) wait until you look at Texas,” French posted on social media. “We have been completely overrun with third world foreigners in recent years and our economy is the 8th largest in the world. Imagine what they are doing here.”
The federal push is being supported by CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, who provided a grim look at the mechanics of modern healthcare fraud. Oz detailed schemes where criminals reportedly paid mothers $1,000 to falsely enroll children as autistic, allowing the fraudsters to bill millions for services that never happened. In other instances, billers were caught claiming more than 24 hours of work in a single day or billing for patients who had already passed away.
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Dr. Oz noted that these schemes have disproportionately involved certain immigrant communities, which he says diverts vital resources away from needy American children. To stem the bleeding, the administration has implemented a six-month nationwide moratorium on new enrollments for suppliers of durable medical equipment and prosthetics—a category Oz noted is rife with “massive fraud,” including a recent $1.1 billion scam involving fraudulent orthotic brace orders.
The financial stakes are staggering. Oz estimated that roughly $300 billion is lost annually to fraud, waste, and abuse across the U.S. healthcare landscape. Recovering even a fraction of the estimated $100 billion in federal losses could significantly extend the solvency of the Medicare and Medicaid trust funds.
As French campaigns on a platform of defending Texas values and addressing the impacts of unchecked migration, this federal crackdown is expected to remain a focal point of state and national discourse.
The administration is currently calling on the public to report suspicious activity through 1-800-HHS-TIPS, as they seek to redirect resources back toward the citizens the programs were originally designed to protect.
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