RSC Hosts Fraud Roundtable Demanding Criminal Prosecutions After $250 Million Ohio Medicaid Scam Exposed

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Republican Study Committee (RSC) hosted a fraud roundtable today led by Rep. Brandon Gill (TX-26) following Daily Wire investigative reporter Luke Rosiak's exposure of a quarter-billion-dollar Medicaid scam in Ohio where convicted felons and foreign nationals created 288 shell companies billing taxpayers for home health services that were never provided, including a single building in Columbus housing 94 fake companies that charged $66 million. Rosiak spent just two months analyzing publicly available data that Ohio Medicaid officials ignored for four years to expose the scheme.

Gill, who chairs the House Oversight Committee's newly formed Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, announced the task force is launching a formal investigation with subpoena power to issue criminal referrals. 

The roundtable comes as House Republicans push aggressive fraud enforcement measures, building on President Trump and Vice President Vance's White House Fraud Task Force that has already deferred billions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements from states failing to stop fraud and put a hold on new hospice and home health care licenses until states comply with integrity requirements.

This is not a victimless crime. Fraudsters, like the ones in Ohio, who exploit Medicare, Medicaid, and other Federal healthcare programs steal taxpayer dollars and divert critical healthcare resources away from seniors, vulnerable families, individuals with disabilities, and Americans who genuinely depend on these programs. 

Members in attendance included RSC Vice Chair Ben Cline (VA-06), Reps. Michael Cloud (TX-27), Laurel Lee (FL-15), Tim Burchett (TN-02), Mike Kennedy (UT-03), Abe Hamadeh (AZ-08), and Ralph Norman (SC-05).

Key highlights from the event are below:

Rep. Brandon Gill (TX-26): "Whenever you bring in infinity third worlders into American society from low trust countries, you kind of expect low trust behavior, and that's what we've seen here. The American people want to know that their tax dollars are actually being used for the American people, not for foreigners, not for fraudsters. Our job is to stop it, to get the bad guys in jail by issuing criminal referrals."

RSC Vice Chair Ben Cline (VA-06): "Fraud is not a victimless crime. Fraudsters steal money from innocent people who are meant to benefit from these programs, Medicare, Medicaid, home health. One of the main weapons that we have is transparency."

Rep. Michael Cloud (TX-27): "It's unfortunate when people come to this country, have no intent in helping build this country, but are just simply here to defraud the American citizens who are here and working to build this country. The waste, fraud, and abuse is turned into a money laundering scheme for leftist organizations."

Rep. Laurel Lee (FL-15): "We are not providing federal funding for the purpose of subsidizing negligence, incompetence, or corruption. Every dollar that is stolen is $1 that is no longer available for vulnerable Americans who actually need these services."

Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02): “We found over a trillion dollars in duplication and increased bureaucracy. Every time the Democrats holler and say, 'Oh, you're cutting this program,' you're damn right. We're cutting the waste, abuse, and fraud."

Rep. Mike Kennedy (UT-03): "This criminal behavior is enriching filthy individuals who deserve to be in jail. If there are doctors on the tape, they should do the perp walk and go to jail. Their license should be taken and never returned."

Rep. Abe Hamadeh (AZ-08): "This is not just going to be hearings after hearings. It's going to be arrests and prosecutions. We have to end this now. What we're uncovering is criminals."