Vice President JD Vance has ordered the Fraud Task Force to investigate suspected Medicaid fraud in Ohio following a Daily Wire report. The probe targets home health companies accused of billing millions for unverified services like family companionship. Vance called the allegations shocking if true.
Vice President JD Vance posted on X on May 4, 2026, directing the Fraud Task Force to review evidence from a Daily Wire investigation into Ohio Medicaid payments. “These shocking allegations, if true, show why the Fraud Task Force’s work is so important. I’m directing the task force to look into it and take immediate action to prosecute any fraudsters involved and stop all further payments as appropriate,” Vance wrote, sharing a thread by investigative reporter Luke Rosiak. The investigation, conducted over two months, focuses on northeast Columbus, where one windowless building at 6161 Busch Boulevard houses 94 home health companies that billed taxpayers $66 million over several years, according to billing records analyzed by Daily Wire. Ohio spent $1 billion on home health care in 2024, funding services such as homemaking, cooking, cleaning, and companionship provided in private homes, often by relatives of beneficiaries. Rosiak described a common model: a 40-year-old Somali immigrant paid to care for his 65-year-old mother through a middleman firm with an NPI number to bill Medicaid, with services hard to verify. Owners often share names like Ahmad Mohammed or Mohamed Ahmed, have unpaid taxes or criminal records, and face little oversight, Rosiak reported. When approached, one operator dismissed questions, saying, “Journalists? Who cares? Do you guys pay my bills? I’m going to tell everybody you guys are racist.” The Trump administration task force, led by Vance and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, aims to address such waste amid newly public Medicaid data released by the Department of Government Efficiency in February.
