WHAT HAPPENED: Vice President J.D. Vance’s anti-fraud task force has suspended 447 hospices and 23 home health agencies in Los Angeles, uncovering over $600 million in suspected fraudulent activity. These suspensions represent a 539 percent increase since April, highlighting the scale of fraud in taxpayer-funded healthcare services.

DETAIL: The task force’s actions follow earlier efforts to block $259.5 million in Medicaid funds in Minnesota amidst scrutiny of state program fraud, often involving the Somali community. The Minnesota fraud was exposed in part by independent citizen journalist Nick Shirley, who has now set his sights on California—prompting California Democrats to move a ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ empowering organizations providing services to migrants to demand the removal of video evidence of misconduct, supposedly to protect them from “threats of violence.”

KEY QUOTE: “Where there is fraud, the task force will find it. We will not stop until every hard-earned taxpayer dollar goes toward the honest Americans who deserve them.” – Spokesman for Vice President Vance

IMPACT: The task force’s aggressive pursuit of fraud sends a strong message to those exploiting taxpayer dollars. Nick Shirley said of California Democrats’ efforts to crack down on people exposing fraud in response, “Under AB 2624, government-funded entities like the Somali ‘Learing’ Daycare centers would be protected from being exposed if they operated inside California… When our politicians would rather protect fraudsters and illegal migrants, it’s time for us to stand up or face mass oppression from the traitors who ‘rule’ over us.”

FLASHBACK: Earlier this year, Minnesota faced significant scrutiny over Medicaid fraud, with Vice President Vance and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz blocking substantial funds. Viral coverage of fraud in the North Star State led Governor Tim Walz (D) to abandon his bid for a third term.

WATCH: Nick Shirley exposing California health care fraud in March.