Hawaii’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Decertified

Trump cuts off funds to Hawaii Medicaid fraud unit over lack of cases https://t.co/N3DdO7SmD2 https://t.co/N3DdO7SmD2

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 4, 2026

Hawaii state officials stole around $12M from you. The money was supposed to be used to prosecute fraudsters, but they didn’t indict a single person in 4 years. The Trump Administration will not sit back and do nothing when states waste your tax-dollars. Other states should take… https://t.co/XfJrMVN1ZB

— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 4, 2026

… note. More coming soon.

BREAKING: The Trump administration is putting every state on notice in a massive crackdown on Medicaid fraud.

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson just announced that Hawaii has been officially decertified for failing to enforce the law and address the fraud problem plaguing the state.… pic.twitter.com/lndR5wzt12

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 4, 2026

… Everyone is on notice. And today, Hawaii is being decertified for its abject failure to enforce state and federal law to prohibit fraud."

"For more than a decade, Hawaii’s Medicaid fraud control unit has received millions and millions of dollars to fight fraud and is consistently been one of the lowest performing fraud units in the country... from 2021 to 2025, Hawaii’s Medicaid funding went up 27%. Their Medicaid enrollment went up 40%, and they did not produce a single conviction or obtain a single indictment of a fraudster."

Without a federally certified Medicaid fraud ​unit, the state's broader Medicaid funding could be in jeopardy. https://t.co/JIYzR2W4V8

— Hawai`i Free Press (@HawaiiFreePress) June 4, 2026

… 'Enough is Enough' -- After 12 Years Feds Lose Patience, Decertify Hawaii Medicaid Fraud Unit