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Trump Admin Freezes $1.3B in Medicaid Funds to California Over Hospice Fraud

May 14, 2026 11:32 amMay 15, 2026 6:14 am

In the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on waste, fraud, and abuse in federal health programs, Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the federal government is deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid funds slated for California due to...

Operational Medical Freedom: Tax-Exempt Medical Savings Accounts

May 12, 2026 7:38 amMay 12, 2026 7:38 am

When in the course of California’s human medical events, it becomes necessary for the doctors and patients to dissolve their political bonds with Medi-Cal, run by Governor Gavin Newsom, they are entitled by God to declare the causes which impel...

The Failed Promise of Housing First

April 29, 2026 1:00 pmApril 29, 2026 1:18 pm

In October, the San Francisco Chronicle shared the story of Austin Draper, a homeless fentanyl addict who has been hospitalized several times for endocarditis, a heart condition that is often caused by intravenous drug use. Only 35 years old, Draper has already...

Assembly Republicans Demand Special Session to Combat California’s $180 Billion Fraud Epidemic

April 15, 2026 3:30 pmApril 15, 2026 3:30 pm

On Tax Day, California Assembly Republicans gathered at the State Capitol to demand that Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrat supermajority immediately convene a special legislative session to confront the state’s exploding fraud crisis. Assembly Republican Leader Heath Flora...

‘Operation Never Say Die’ Nets Multiple Arrests in $50 Million Medicare Scam

April 2, 2026 12:53 pmApril 3, 2026 12:13 pm

This article has been updated to include an update from U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli The Trump administration’s aggressive push against healthcare fraud in California took a major step forward today, with Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force suspending 221...

Discernment and its Deleterious Impact on Newsom’s Medi-Cal

March 31, 2026 10:50 amMarch 31, 2026 10:50 am

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free – John 8:32 It is a physician’s sworn responsibility to formulate a diagnosis and offer a treatment plan for an obviously harmful physical or mental condition or...

Hospice Fraud Explodes in California After State ‘Crackdown’: 742 Flagged Providers, $105 Million Overbilled, and Ghost Offices

March 11, 2026 4:38 pmMarch 11, 2026 4:40 pm

In a damning new investigation titled “Hospice Fraud: Ground Zero in Los Angeles,” CBS News has exposed widespread fraud plaguing California’s hospice industry, particularly in Los Angeles County, where hundreds of providers exhibit multiple red flags of abuse despite state...