House GOP Forms Oversight Task Force, Probes Ohio Medicaid Fraud
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer created a GOP task force to probe alleged Medicaid fraud in Ohio and named Rep. Brandon Gill as its chair on May 12, 2026.[1]
Comer and Gill also sent a letter that day to Ohio Medicaid Director Scott Partika requesting records tied to alleged abuse of the state's Medicaid waiver program.[1] The party authorized the task force for six months and gave it a broad mandate including DEI-related oversight, social-services abuse and censorship concerns.[1]
A Daily Wire investigation identified 288 Columbus home-health firms that shared addresses and billed more than $250 million in Medicaid funds from 2018 through 2024.[1] Comer said that reporting raised questions about misuse of taxpayer dollars and warranted congressional records requests to Ohio officials.[1]
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- On May 12, 2026, James Comer created a House Oversight task force and named Rep. Brandon Gill as chair.
- Comer and Gill that day sent a letter to Ohio Medicaid Director Scott Partika requesting records on alleged fraud in the state’s Medicaid waiver program.
- A Daily Wire investigation cited 288 Columbus home health firms sharing addresses that billed over $250 million in Medicaid funds from 2018 to 2024.
- The task force has a six‑month authorization and a broad mandate including DEI-related oversight, social-services abuse, and censorship concerns.
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