Bessent alleges anti-fraud guardrails are 'loosest' in blue states

Politics The Hill By Ford McCracken 30 Oct 2026 21:03 1 min read
Bessent alleges anti-fraud guardrails are 'loosest' in blue states

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused Democratic-led states Friday of having poor fraud prevention mechanisms while at a Minnesota press conference. The state has been at the center of a healthcare fraud scandal for much of this year after the Justice Department indicted more than a dozen people on accusations of defrauding taxpayers, using funds for...

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