Tim Walz on fraud: We just fix things

Once in awhile, a headline just gets you laughing. The title of this article is "Walz creates new ‘fraud prevention program,’ says ‘I just fix these things’ amid widening scandal." What a joke. This doesn't have anything to do with reality. Gov. Walz still hasn't fixed the fraud problem, mostly because he's afraid of the Somali vote. The notion that Tim Walz fixes things is laughable. Gov. Walz breaks things.

What does Tim Walz have to say about the 480 whistleblowers from Minnesota's Department of Human Services. They insist that Gov. Walz retaliated against them when they blew the whistle on the Medicaid fraud scandal. These employees created a Twitter account, then reported on the Medicaid fraud. While Gov. Walz assumed the role of good guy in public, he retaliated against the employees privately. These accusations were public once they were posted through Twitter.

Making this that much more interesting is a recorded quote from Jodi Harpstead:

Ms. Harpstead is quoted at the 1:46 mark as saying "there's a lot of rumors of fraud more than there's actual fraud." This is the same Jodi Harpstead that led the St. Cloud Lutheran Social Services. She's the woman who tried to withhold information from Councilman Jeff Johnson.

When KARE11's A.J. Lagoe asked Tim Walz how we went from his Commissioner of Human Services saying that there's more rumors of fraud than there is actual fraud to the appointment of a fraud czar, Walz replied that he'd never made such a statement. That's true but he picked Harpstead after she tried withholding information from a city councilman. With all these people to pick from, the best Walz could do is pick someone known for hiding information from government officials? Either Walz didn't do his research or he wanted someone who'd hide official information.

Walz named Tim O’Malley — the interim chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Administrative Hearings and a former Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent and FBI agent — to oversee the new effort.

The move comes years after the unraveling of the $250 million Feeding Our Future scheme — the largest pandemic-related fraud case in the nation — and as investigations continue into fraud involving Housing Stabilization Services and Medicaid billing tied to autism centers.

Autism-related claims alone billed to Minnesota Medicaid exploded from $3 million in 2018 to $399 million in 2023, according to reports.

Isn't Gov. Walz capable of running a stable ship? Is it that he isn't interested in running a tight ship?

Gov. Walz hasn't fixed Medicaid fraud or any other type of fraud. How dare he insinuate to a room full of reporters that he's fixed anything. I won't mince words on this. Gov. Walz is a liar. It's time to throw him out next November.

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