Ever since the Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) Medicaid fraud scandal broke ­— when a handful of bad actors turned Medicaid into a fraud buffet while elected officials looked the other way — the Trump administration has been moving mountains to make sure it never happens again.

Weeks ago, Vice President JD Vance and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to press Congress for tougher anti-fraud legislation covering Medicare and Medicaid, citing roughly $235 billion in suspected fraud across federal programs.

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