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13 October
5:29 pm

the IG from HHS who has already found forty six million dollars in fraud

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Bobby Charles, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (WGME)

5:29 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure attributed to a federal inspector general finding fraud in Maine's health system — verifiable against HHS IG reports
What we foundThe HHS IG did find approximately $45.6 million in improper Medicaid payments in Maine — close to the stated '$46 million' — but the audit explicitly did not characterize these as 'fraud'; they were documented as compliance and documentation failures.
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