HHS Says Somalias UN Ambassador Tied To Company Accused Of Medicaid Fraud
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HHS Links Somalia's UN Envoy to Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Is Somalia’s U.N. ambassador’s alleged fraud link evidence of wrongdoing, or a pretext for broader, unverified attacks on Minnesota’s Somali community and cuts to health funding?
Above: Somali U.N. ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman speaks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 2, 2025. Image credit: Wang Fan/China News Service/VCG/Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
Minnesota’s fraud crisis is the largest systematic theft of taxpayer dollars in American history, with Somali-run organizations at the center of schemes spanning Medicaid, child care, and housing programs and reaching up to $18 billion. Years of lax oversight turned the state into a fraud magnet, and Trump was right to spotlight the scandal as proof of Democratic misrule and failed governance. Governor Walz acted only when political pressure became unavoidable, stepping in late, after the damage was done and his reelection bid collapsed.
Democratic narrative
Allegations involving Somalia’s U.N. ambassador are serious but require further investigation and verified findings. By contrast, federal prosecutors’ claims of massive fraud rely largely on speculation, with state investigators demanding evidence for assertions that half of $18 billion is fraudulent. What has followed instead are targeted attacks on Minnesota’s Somali community driven by unverified social media claims, while the Trump administration uses fraud rhetoric to freeze child care funding, harming working families.
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