The Ohio Fraud Investigation That Couldn’t Be Ignored
5/9/202614 min
A Daily Wire investigation blew the lid off of alleged Medicaid fraud in Ohio—and the Trump Administration is already taking notice. In this episode, investigative reporter Luke Rosiak goes behind the scenes of the months-long probe, explaining how a federal data trove from DOGE exposed billions of dollars in questionable Medicaid payments, funded by the American taxpayer. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.- - -Ep. 2778- - -Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3- - -Today's Sponsors:Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.Goldbelly - Go to https://goldbelly.com and get 20% off your first order + free shipping with promo code WIRE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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John Bickley· Host0:30
[upbeat music] The Daily Wire exposed a massive fraud scheme this week in Ohio amounting to billions of dollars in Medicaid benefits potentially being scammed, and Vice President JD Vance is already taking action.
Speaker 30:45
In this episode, we go behind the scenes with the investigator who brought this fraud to light, the Daily Wire's own Luke Rosiak. We'll discuss how he found the fraud and who tried to stop him along the way.
John Bickley· Host0:56
I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. This is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.
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