As somebody who works for what is essentially a government contractor in healthcare, they 100% will check.
In general, Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security actually do try and police who gets benefits. Unfortunately due to extreme incompetence, the people on the receiving end of the policing are the ones that are validly receiving the benefits
I'm of the opinion that most of the payouts that have been fraudulent have been slipping through the cracks because these departments are hilariously incompetent.
I would wager that they can verify the real ones and identify the fake ones.
As somebody who works for what is essentially a government contractor in healthcare, they 100% will check.
In general, Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security actually do try and police who gets benefits. Unfortunately due to extreme incompetence, the people on the receiving end of the policing are the ones that are validly receiving the benefits
I'm of the opinion that most of the payouts that have been fraudulent have been slipping through the cracks because these departments are hilariously incompetent.