Fox News Lies About Food Stamp Fraud: UPDATED

[mitty14u2]

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Source: crooksandliars



Mother Jones' Kevin Drum completely destroys Fox News' attempts at claiming there is 70 million dollars of fraud being committed on our food stamp program known as SNAP.

Fox News' Abby Huntsman claimed that food stamp fraud is at an all time high and asked, "...this year it's estimated $70 million dollars of taxpayer money was wasted on food stamp fraud. Is it time to end the program altogether?"

I'd love to see Fox News do a story on all the billionaires and corporations that cheat the US government and the American people out of billions of dollars so they can relax in their villas.

Unfortunately, they are more interested in attacking people just trying to get a meal.

Read more: http://crooksandliars.com/2016/12/fox-news-lies-about-snap-program-fraud

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Food stamps go to areas that voted for Trump, dumb asses are cutting there own throats.

[progree]

1. Actually, that's great news. $70 million fraud in a $71 billion program is only 0.1%

[pkdu]

3. On the other hand....

that the USA has to give out corporate welfare ( lets face it , if Walmart etc paid a living wage , we wouldn't need most of this) to the tune of 71Bn , is a fucking disgrace.

But I agree its a v-small % fraud.

[progree]

15. Yup, or the earned income tax credit, which is specifically meant to supplement low wage work

[physioex]

2. Hmmm.....So let's give everyone a basic grocery card. EOM

[mitty14u2]

4. Nobody can fined Fox News Corps source of data/information, just make it up is good for Fox Viewers!

They call that lying were I come from!

[Judi Lynn]

9. They are filthy scum, and their product has nothing to do with real news.

Remember Fox viewers know far LESS about current events that normal people.

[tecelote]

5. The Pentagon lost 6.5 Million last year.

Oh, wait. That's Billion.

No, it 6.5 Trillion Dollars of taxpayer money lost.

These fake Christians would literally take food out of children's mouths but have no problem with spending on war.

[True_Blue]

6. There trying to ramp up support to slash the safety nets

Sad thing is that it'll probably work too. I'm glad I have a job. Hopefully I won't lose it when the next great depression hits.

[iluvtennis]

7. Truth. Fox is deplorable. At least MSNBC tried to set it right tonight that most Food Stamps...

...go to fol.ks in the red states. That's been a fact for years. But who does M$M put on TV, the folks in the inner cities so they cna claim that thugs are benefitting from taxpayer dollars. It is so pathetic

[JustAnotherGen]

10. Problem is

The people who this will impact the most only watch Fox News. They will never "see" the truth or actively seek it out.

[pansypoo53219]

8. reagan did the same damn thing. they NEVER look to the REAL thieves.

[Judi Lynn]

11. So true. The national idiot class worshiped Reagan with an abject, groveling adoration.

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[ProfessorGAC]

12. 70 Million???

The B2 Bomber spends that much money per year on fuel and parts. And, we barely use that plane.

This is a story apropos of nothing.

[Squinch]

13. Everyone here is giving very good reasons why this story is insignificant, both in

itself and in relation to the Republican boondoggle programs.

But the problem is that the residents of Dumbfucktrumpistan will see that $70 million as being taken out of their own personal pockets by a black or Hispanic or female hand. They will never stop to think about the food stamps that THEY receive every month. They will simply shout louder for "those people" to be stopped.

Whether we like it or not, once Fox says it, it becomes something that half the country believes.

[Vinca]

14. Abby Huntsman works at that rathole? I thought she was smarter than that.

[woundedkarma]

16. You're making the same mistakes as Fox news.

Stop acting like this isn't a universal problem.

Just because someone lives in a red state doesn't mean they voted for Trump.

Trump won by what... 10000 votes in Michigan? Something sad like that.

That means you guys would condemn half an entire state of democrats as Trump voters.

That's wrong.

Also, just because someone needs food stamps doesn't mean they are republican. There are a whole hell of a lot of democrats who need help too.

Stop demonizing the other side, that's what republicans do.

A friend of mine posted a black lives matter meme on fb showing the hypocrisy of the people who then spout "all lives matter" when they clearly don't to them. My response is not only do all lives matter... but #EvenTrumpsLifeMatters

A terrible hashtag but there it is. And that's where I think most democrats fall. It's why we're democrats.

[kimbutgar]

17. I equate the brainwashing of people in Scientology to the brainwashing of fox viewers

After watching the Scientology show on A&E I see that fox viewers and those suspicible people in red states were brainwashed in a cultish way to think and votes against their best interests. They lost the ability to look beyond what is in front of them.

[csziggy]

18. Most government program fraud is by corporations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 301 Individuals for Approximately $900 Million in False Billing

Most Defendants Charged and Largest Alleged Loss Amount in Strike Force History

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today an unprecedented nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal districts, resulting in criminal and civil charges against 301 individuals, including 61 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in health care fraud schemes involving approximately $900 million in false billings. Twenty-three state Medicaid Fraud Control Units also participated in today’s arrests. In addition, the HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is suspending payment to a number of providers using its suspension authority provided in the Affordable Care Act. This coordinated takedown is the largest in history, both in terms of the number of defendants charged and loss amount.

Attorney General Lynch and Secretary Burwell were joined in the announcement by Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, FBI Associate Deputy Director David Bowdich, Inspector General Daniel Levinson of the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), Acting Director Dermot O’Reilly of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), and Deputy Administrator and Director of CMS Center for Program Integrity Shantanu Agrawal M.D.

The defendants announced today are charged with various health care fraud-related crimes, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, violations of the anti-kickback statutes, money laundering and aggravated identity theft. The charges are based on a variety of alleged fraud schemes involving various medical treatments and services, including home health care, psychotherapy, physical and occupational therapy, durable medical equipment (DME) and prescription drugs. More than 60 of the defendants arrested are charged with fraud related to the Medicare prescription drug benefit program known as Part D, which is the fastest-growing component of the Medicare program overall.

“As this takedown should make clear, health care fraud is not an abstract violation or benign offense – It is a serious crime,” said Attorney General Lynch. “The wrongdoers that we pursue in these operations seek to use public funds for private enrichment. They target real people – many of them in need of significant medical care. They promise effective cures and therapies, but they provide none. Above all, they abuse basic bonds of trust – between doctor and patient; between pharmacist and doctor; between taxpayer and government – and pervert them to their own ends. The Department of Justice is determined to continue working to ensure that the American people know that their health care system works for them – and them alone.”

More: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-takedown-results-charges-against-301-individuals-approximately-900

[yardwork]

19. Typical racist brainwashing to stir up support for eliminating government programs.

The people doing this are so greedy they are literally taking food from children's mouths. And they call themselves Christians.

[DonViejo]

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