Minnesota Discovers Medicaid Fraud, Ignores US Military Industrial Fraud
A Minnesota prosecutor alleges up to $9 billion in Medicaid fraud, a sum rightly sparking outrage and calls for accountability. But where is the comparable outrage for the Pentagon, which consistently fails audits, with trillions in unaccounted spending? For context, in 2022 alone, the Pentagon failed its fifth consecutive audit, unable to account for an estimated $2.2 trillion in assets. We're
told we can't afford universal healthcare, yet the 'industrial-scale' fraud of the military-industrial complex is simply business as usual. One might wonder why Newsweek focuses on state-level healthcare fraud with such vigor, while the federal black hole of defense spending remains a largely unchallenged sacred cow. Perhaps uncovering welfare fraud is more palatable than questioning the
military-industrial complex's endless buffet, a table set by politicians who receive hefty donations from defense lobbyists. The definition of 'wasteful spending' seems to shift depending on who's doing the spending.