California Hospice Fraud Battle Pits Newsom Officials Against GOP Candidate
Apr 18
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A California GOP candidate accuses Newsom officials of mishandling hospice fraud while campaigning to flip a Democratic seat. She has used the scandal in speeches and ads to argue state oversight missed or delayed key warnings about fraudulent hospice providers. The critique folds into her broader pitch that lax enforcement and mismanagement helped harm vulnerable patients and waste taxpayer dollars.