{"id":22067,"date":"2026-04-10T16:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=22067"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:07:03","slug":"ap-exclusive-trump-administration-admits-a-glaring-error-in-its-new-york-health-fraud-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=22067","title":{"rendered":"AP Exclusive: Trump administration admits a glaring error in its New York health fraud accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump’s administration this week acknowledged it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe<\/a> into New York\u2019s Medicaid program, a glaring mistake that undercuts a federal campaign to tackle waste, mostly in Democratic-led states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The error, which the administration admitted first to The Associated Press, prompted health analysts to question how many of the Republican administration\u2019s sweeping anti-fraud efforts around the country were based on faulty findings. One of a few mischaracterizations it made about New York’s Medicaid program, it also reflected a common criticism that\u2019s been made of Trump\u2019s second administration \u2014 that it tends to attack first and confirm the facts later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese numbers could have been cleared up in a phone call, so it\u2019s really slapdash,\u201d said Fiscal Policy Institute senior health policy adviser Michael Kinnucan, whose recent analysis<\/a> called attention to the Trump administration\u2019s inaccurate claim.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/trump-administration-admits-glaring-error-111722267.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump’s administration this week acknowledged it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe into New York\u2019s Medicaid program, a glaring mistake that undercuts a federal campaign to tackle waste, mostly in Democratic-led states.<\/p>\n

The error, which the administration admitted first to The Associated Press, prompted health analysts to question how many of the Republican administration\u2019s sweeping anti-fraud efforts around the country were based on faulty findings. One of a few mischaracterizations it made about New York’s Medicaid program, it also reflected a common criticism that\u2019s been made of Trump\u2019s second administration \u2014 that it tends to attack first and confirm the facts later.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese numbers could have been cleared up in a phone call, so it\u2019s really slapdash,\u201d said Fiscal Policy Institute senior health policy adviser Michael Kinnucan, whose recent analysis called attention to the Trump administration\u2019s inaccurate claim.”<\/p>\n

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