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Hannah Anderson, the senior director of policy at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), recently emphasized on Breitbart News Saturday that the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud should be recognized as a significant bipartisan achievement. However, she noted, these efforts have faced opposition from Democrats, particularly concerning the exclusion of undocumented immigrants from Medicaid.
In anticipation of a new report set to be released by AFPI, Anderson discussed how many public assistance programs are vulnerable to exploitation. She highlighted that these programs often lack the necessary safeguards to prevent fraudulent activities.
During her appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, Anderson expressed her concern: “Many Americans, including myself, are deeply troubled by the pervasive fraud in Medicaid, childcare, autism support programs, SNAP, and more. The systems in place facilitate such fraud without adequate checks on eligibility, motives, or the identities of those exploiting them.”
Anderson revealed that the upcoming report would uncover significant instances of fraud and point out regulatory oversights. She criticized certain states and governors for failing to enforce existing regulations, allowing international criminals to misuse healthcare resources meant for vulnerable populations like impoverished American children. These funds, she claimed, are often funneled back to foreign crime syndicates and cartels.
“The scale of the fraud we’re uncovering involves billions of taxpayer dollars,” she remarked, underscoring the magnitude of the issue.
“I think what we’re seeing is to the extent billions and billions of taxpayer dollars” of fraud, she added.
Anderson added that the paper outlines areas where states and the federal government can interact to ensure that officials can crack down on fraud. She said that states should be able to communicate with each other, so if a healthcare provider commits fraud in one state, then the fraudster cannot go try the same scam again in another state.
She also noted that California allowed illegal aliens to use its Medicaid program, MediCal.
Anderson said the Big Beautiful Bill moved to stop allowing illegal aliens to benefit from federal taxpayer programs.
She said the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts should be a massive bipartisan win, considering that it would ensure the financial longevity of the country’s welfare system.
Anderson said, “This is why it’s so embarrassing for some members of the Congress, because this should be the biggest bipartisan win that this administration has seen, which is we have now a bipartisan effort to tackle fraud, except we can’t say that because it’s been a one-sided effort, it’s the Republicans in Congress who are going after and saying we have fraud, it’s the Republicans in Congress saying that we have to protect the safety net.”
She added, “Why isn’t this bipartisan? I don’t know but you heard all of these Democrats on the Hill say the day and the day before attacking Secretary Kennedy for all of his [alleged] Medicaid cuts, did you hear his response? He said that they were illegal immigrants, that’s who we cut from the program.”