Saturday, April 11, 2026

AP report: Trump administration admits a glaring error in its New York health fraud accusations | PBS News

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration this week acknowledged it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe into New York's Medicaid program, a glaring mistake that undercuts a federal campaign to tackle waste, mostly in Democratic-led states. 

The error, which the administration admitted first to The Associated Press, prompted health analysts to question how many of the Republican administration's sweeping anti-fraud efforts around the country were based on faulty findings. One of a few mischaracterizations it made about New York's Medicaid program, it also reflected a common criticism that's been made of Trump's second administration — that it tends to attack first and confirm the facts later…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-report-trump-administration-admits-a-glaring-error-in-its-new-york-health-fraud-accusations


 

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