What They Are Saying: RSC Members Demand Accountability After Daily Wire’s Bombshell Medicaid Fraud Investigation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Daily Wire's bombshell "Medicaid Millionaires" investigation exposed billions in Medicaid fraud running wide open across Ohio, revealing how federal waivers have been hijacked by thousands of shell "home health" companies billing taxpayers for chores, cooking, and "companionship" with zero authentication or verification. 

Thanks to President Trump, Republicans began rooting out the fraud in 2025, from the Department of Justice's Fraud Task Force to DOGE's historic data dump that pulled back the curtain on decades of abuse. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act delivered a critical first step to end these schemes. Now, Republican Study Committee (RSC) Members are demanding full accountability and pushing to ensure not a single fraudulent dollar goes unchecked.

Here is what Members of the RSC are saying:

"What the Daily Wire uncovered in Ohio is not a glitch in the system. It is the system,” said RSC Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11). “Criminals with records for fraud, assault, and child endangerment are pocketing taxpayer dollars meant for the most vulnerable Americans while Democrats in Washington protected the system that made it possible. RSC Members are fighting to end it once and for all. We owe it to the American people to finish the job we started in the Working Families Tax Cuts to ensure these programs serve the people they were built for, not the fraudsters who are hijacking them."

“The Trump Administration is holding fraudsters accountable for stealing taxpayer dollars away from our most vulnerable,” said RSC Vice-Chair Ben Cline (VA-06). “Across the country, billions of dollars of federal funds are being misused by criminals posing as healthcare providers. More and more Medicaid fraud evidence has come to light in states like California, Minnesota—and now Ohio—but Republicans will continue to work tirelessly to root out the waste, fraud, and abuse that has been plaguing our great nation.”

“Republicans took an unparalleled step in the One Big Beautiful Bill to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in the nation's largest means-tested welfare programs—but it’s clear more work must be done,” said House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19). “The rampant fraud uncovered in Medicaid is a stark reminder that billions of taxpayer dollars are stolen in a system with too little accountability and oversight. Every dollar lost to fraud is a dollar stolen from the vulnerable Americans these programs are meant to serve. We owe it to taxpayers and beneficiaries alike to finish the job—restore program integrity, enforce real safeguards, and ensure these programs work for the people who truly need them.”

“Ohio taxpayers work too hard to see their benefits siphoned away by fraudsters chasing a quick payday. It ends now,” said Rep. Dave Taylor (OH-02). “Our Buckeye state will not tolerate the waste, fraud, and abuse plaguing our Medicaid system. I commend Vice President Vance for leading the Fraud Tax Force to crack down on bad actors, safeguard taxpayer dollars, and ensure these benefits go to those who truly need them."

“Minneapolis was just the tip of the iceberg of waste, fraud, and abuse,” said Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-08). “This investigation confirms what many of us have long suspected - that there is widespread Medicaid fraud nationwide. I applaud President Trump for leading the charge to root out this abuse, and Congress must follow through with reforms to hold fraudsters accountable and return wasted money to taxpayers.”

“Medicaid fraud is absolutely unacceptable, as is every form of fraud. That is why in the Working Families Tax Cuts, we specifically identified ways to root out fraud in our state Medicaid programs,” said Rep. Mike Carey (OH-15). “We must continue to build on the policies we implemented last year to ensure our federal healthcare programs remain available to the most vulnerable, but are protected from bad actors intent on defrauding our state and federal governments. Anyone and everyone responsible for defrauding the federal government in Ohio needs to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

“Taxpayers didn’t sign up to fund fraud. What’s happening in Ohio is exactly why we must get serious about oversight. Medicaid should be available for the most vulnerable, NOT a loophole for bad actors to game the system. It’s time for real accountability and reforms to protect this program for the people who actually need it,” said RSC Messaging Task Force Chair Mark Alford (MO-04).

“The systemic waste, fraud, and abuse throughout our nation is unacceptable,” said RSC Article One Task Force Chair Harriet Hageman (WY-AL). “The scale of theft from taxpayers being exposed is a stunning indictment of the size of government. I hope Congress will use the budget reconciliation process to rein in the unchecked abuse of federal programs and crack down on immigrant welfare queens.”

"Every week, more fraud and theft of American tax dollars is uncovered as independent journalists, the Trump Administration, and Republicans in Congress unravel years of neglect and structural corruption from Biden-era expansion of welfare and social safety net programs that were designed to support truly needy Americans,” said RSC Budget Task Force Chair Beth Van Duyne (TX-24). “Whether it is Somalian childcare centers and food assistance fraud in Minnesota, Armenian hospice fraud in Los Angeles, California, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants getting SNAP payments, or vast home healthcare fraud now discovered in Columbus, Ohio, our duty to the American people is to persist in stamping out what is estimated to be $500 billion dollars a year of improper payments, grift, and theft. If Democrats truly cared about preserving welfare support, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, they would enthusiastically join our collective efforts to stop hundreds of billions of dollars being stolen from the American people."

“What we’re seeing unfold in Ohio isn’t just fraud, it’s a blatant betrayal of American taxpayers,” said RSC Emerging Task Force Chair Kat Cammack (FL-03). “Ohio spent a billion dollars on home healthcare in 2024 alone. Hundreds of shell companies. Empty offices. And nobody stopped it. These weren't healthcare providers. They were paper companies collecting government checks for 'companionship' and family members cooking for each other with no verification, no oversight, and no accountability. Medicaid is supposed to be a lifeline for Americans who truly need it — not a slush fund for fraudsters gaming a broken system. I will not accept the status quo. Congress must act now to close the waiver loopholes that have turned federal health programs into an open target on American taxpayers. Not one more dollar. Not on our watch."

“Medicaid is supposed to serve the most vulnerable Americans — not bankroll a massive web of fraud at taxpayers’ expense,” said Rep. Riley Moore (WV-02). “Medicaid is absolutely essential to my constituents, and I am committed to ensuring that the program is serving the people who truly need care. It’s clear that Congress owes it to all Americans, especially those beneficiaries who rely on these programs, to use every tool we have to restore accountability, prosecute fraudsters, and rebuild integrity throughout the program.”

“The fraud exposed by this investigation is egregious, and for years Democrats have attacked anyone who raised concerns about waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid as somehow being ‘heartless’ or ‘extreme,’” said Rep. Diana Harshbarger (TN-01).“Medicaid was created to serve vulnerable Americans—not become a target for fraudsters while Washington looks the other way. This is exactly why Republicans fought to strengthen and preserve Medicaid through the Working Families Tax Cuts legislation.”

“I applaud the Trump administration for confronting Medicaid fraud,” said Rep. Eric Burlison (MO-07). “Medicaid expansion was a failed promise that predictably invited abuse and still left many patients struggling to access care. Washington would be wise to pass my Great American Healthcare Plan, which lowers costs, empowers patients, and puts people in control of their own care. Big government always breeds corruption.”