{"id":340,"date":"2026-05-14T19:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2026-05-14T19:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:33:29","slug":"vice-president-vance-visits-maine-to-tout-administrations-crackdown-on-benefit-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Vance visits Maine to tout administration\u2019s crackdown on benefit fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Vice President JD Vance visited Bangor, Maine on Thursday to tout the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to combat fraud in federal benefit programs, saying that Americans have been \u201cfleeced by your own government\u201d for decades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=338\">Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s Hawaii trip included \u2018VIP snorkel\u2019 at a Pearl Harbor memorial<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking to a roomful of supporters holding \u201cProtecting Taxpayer Dollars\u201d signs, Vance said benefit fraud is particularly acute in Maine and blamed the problem in large part on Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShe has actually fought back against our efforts to identify fraud in the Medicaid or Medicare programs, which, by the way, not only does it steal from you, but it means that those programs are going to go bankrupt because all the money is going to the fraudsters,\u201d Vance said. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Mills\u2019s office didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment as Vance was wrapping up his remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He cited multiple instances of benefit fraud in the state, referencing a January report from the US Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General that found Maine had made at least $45.6 million in improper Medicaid payments for autism services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also cited the case of an undocumented woman living in Maine who he said is facing a lengthy federal prison sentence for collecting millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements for interpretation services she never performed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nationwide, Vance said, cases have been uncovered of dead people receiving food stamps, people receiving funds for food and housing assistance while driving luxury cars, and individuals collecting hospice benefits without a terminal illness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=336\">US Border Patrol chief Michael Banks is resigning, in latest DHS leadership change<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Trump administration is now cracking down, he said. On Wednesday, officials \u201csent out 50 letters to every state Medicaid system all over the country,\u201d Vance said. \u201cWe basically said, very simply, that we\u2019re gonna take away your money unless you get serious about fighting fraud.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s an issue that\u2019s been on the White House\u2019s radar for a while. In late March, Vance held the first meeting of the administration\u2019s anti-fraud task force, and on Wednesday he announced a $1.3 billion deferral in Medicaid reimbursements to California due to fraud. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The administration is also imposing a six-month freeze on some new Medicare enrollments and warning states to investigate Medicaid fraud or risk losing funding, officials said Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite what he described as rampant fraud, Vance concluded his remarks in Bangor on an optimistic note. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned over the last 18 months is that we have the most talented, the most compassionate, and the toughest people anywhere in the world,\u201d Vance said. \u201cLadies and gentlemen, America is the best country, and it\u2019s going to be the best country for many years to come.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=334\">Former Connecticut mayor used city credit card for tens of thousands of personal expenses, report finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance cited a government report that found Maine had made at least $45.6 million in improper Medicaid payments for autism services. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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