The Great Awakening continues apace.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/opinion/medicaid-fraud-in-california-is-far-worse-than-you-think/

If there’s a ground zero for Medicaid fraud in America, Los Angeles is giving Minneapolis a run for its money.

Six months after news broke of massive Medicaid theft in Minnesota’s largest city, it’s now clear that fraud is just as rampant in the California metropolis, if not worse.

The Trump administration announced this month that 800 Los Angeles hospice and home health providers — which heavily depend on Medicaid dollars — have been suspended from federal funding.

The administration says that half the city’s hospices are fraudulent, which isn’t hard to believe.

St. Rita’s Home Health has billed Medicare and Medicaid more than $4 million since 2021, despite the location at 6360 Van Nuys Blvd. being listed for rent in Van Nuys.

About a third of all hospice providers in America are in Los Angeles County, despite the county having less than 3% of the national population.

Also telling: After those 800 providers were banned from federal funding, fewer than 20 asked the Trump administration to reconsider. Why aren’t the other 780-plus complaining?

Whether it’s Los Angeles or Minneapolis, the scope and scale of Medicaid fraud is truly breathtaking.

But the bigger issue is that such unbelievable levels of fraud are overshadowing the merely massive fraud that exists almost everywhere else. Put simply, Medicaid theft is a nationwide phenomenon.

(more)