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13 October
5:33 pm

there is, by the way, just in the last week, another federal investigation into the state of Maine for waste fraud and abuse in the Medicaid money

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

5:33 pm
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Why we checked itA specific assertion that a new federal investigation was launched within the last week targeting Maine for Medicaid fraud and abuse — a concrete, verifiable government action.
What we foundA new federal audit of Maine's Medicaid program was indeed announced within the last week, but it is a program integrity audit examining oversight controls, not a formal fraud investigation; the 'waste, fraud and abuse' framing accurately reflects its stated scope, but calling it an 'investigation' overstates its current legal character.
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