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fraud tech and prosecutions in reconciliation
House Republicans are eyeing more money for increased anti-fraud initiatives and possibly prosecutions to help balance their $95 billion party-line defense spending and voter ID bill.
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) said the Trump administration’s anti-fraud initiative, led by Vice President JD Vance, was already providing a substantial return on investment.
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“We’ve been working with Congressional Budget Office on what would the ROI be on investing in anti-fraud infrastructure, fraud prevention infrastructure, technology, investigators, prosecutors,” Arrington told reporters Wednesday morning, “because Dr. Oz has said there’s $100 billion a year in savings in [Medicaid and Medicare], and then he went on to say we’re getting $20-plus of savings in return for every dollar we spend on fraud prevention.”