November 10, 2025 • 39 mins
Jon shares a story about jumping through unnecessary hoops as an example of increasing medical costs. Jon exposes a clerical error causing questionable payments and covers a story about thieves targeting immigrants. Jon tries to pitch a suspicious business idea to Sam.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Our three twin cities news Talk Am eleven thirty one
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Your talkback's brought to you by Lindahl Realty as we
broadcast from the sixty five to one carpet plus Next
Day Install studios. If you needed another example of why
all of what we've been talking about on the show
this morning, relating to the shutdown snap benefits Supreme Court
(00:37):
Justice rulings, activist judges rulings pay your people their snap No,
you can't, now, it's against the law. If you needed
another example of how all of this is pure political
theater perpetuated by Democrats at a time where they do
not have a party platform, They do not have a
(00:57):
leader to point to, They have no voice of reason
out there, and the.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Best voice of reason they have are individuals like John Fetterman.
You probably haven't heard about this.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Relating to m Health Fairview United Healthcare contract disputes. This
could impact some one hundred and twenty five thousand patients
here in Minnesota, and you're probably not even aware, but
if you have United Healthcare or UMR plans, this could
dramatically impact you because it essentially would end up taking
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m health Fairview out of your in network provider and
making them an out of network provider. I've been down
this road before, through my own fault. By the way,
I've had this circumstance happen to me. It happened in
a couple That happened back in twenty twenty two. They
can tell you the year. It happened in twenty two
when I switched over a year to year, as we do.
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At the end of the year, you have to go
and choose your healthcare benefits.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
And I ended up switching mine.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Over to the same plan that I do every year,
but that plan had changed and the one health insurance
provider that I was using, or the hospital that I
was using in my cardiologists and it became out of network.
I didn't know until after I had some procedures done
and there was nothing I could do about it. And
that's exactly what will happen here to some one hundred
and twenty five thousand patients.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
And yet you.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Don't hear Walls talking about it, you don't hear Democrats
talking about it. And these are individuals that are going
to end up seeing a massive increase in their payments
if this ends up taking place, and health Fairview has
warned patients that if an agreement isn't reached, they will
become an out of network provider for United Healthcare. As
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I mentioned you and our plans. This would start on
January first, talking to Fox nine in a statement, United
Healthcare's current contract demands would force them to make difficult choices. Unfortunately,
healthcare is current commercial contract demands that it would force
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Fairview to make impossible choices, cutting services, limiting access, impacting
our ability to deliver on our promise to our patients
and communities. Fairview is demanding a more than twenty three
percent price hike for commercial plans that would make it
significantly more expensive than any health system in the Twin Cities.
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Fairview's proposal would increase healthcare costs by approximately one hundred
and twenty one million dollars, which would come out of
operating budgets of local employers. The current commercial contract between
m Health, Fairview and United Healthcare is a five year
agreement that ends this year. You see these types of
agreements in these things. They end for a lot of
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different people and entities. This is nothing new, but you
don't see any debate going on. You don't see videos
being posted by State Senator Aaron Mayquade and cursing about this,
or Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan cursing about this, even though
it could pack some one hundred and twenty five thousand
patients here in Minnesota who may not even realize. And
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you want to talk about being expensive, I mean not
just in terms of what this will end up constant
taking them in and out of network, but if they're
in a situation where they're not aware of this, and
they have procedures that are scheduled and going to be done.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
And they have to pay for those out of pocket.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Because if you ever have dealt with health insurance, I
don't care what company you work for. Once these things
are they're set, man, there's no going back. Mike Hatch,
attorney and former Attorney General, said, what we're dealing with
here is providers are in a pinch with regard to
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the advancements in healthcare that costs money. Insurers and third
party administrators such as United Healthcare.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Are in a pinch.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Employers are in a significant pinch. Oh, and just wait
until paid family leave gets underway. The outcomes of The
negotiations could have direct impact on patients, healthcare costs, and
access to services. Both companies are seeking support for their positions.
It remains unclear if an agreement will be reached before
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the contract expires and what the specific compromises may be made.
A better way to put it, stuff happens. I'm in
a situation right now because of this battle that's going on.
I just mentioned with you on a different level, the
cardiologists that I've had the past couple of years that
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have really.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Become accustomed to.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
She knows the intricacies and the details of what it
is that I've been dealing with since I was thirty
seven years old. She ended up having to leave because
I'm with m Health Fairview. She ended up having to
leave to go someplace else. So now I'm forced to
go in and do an extra visit with a new
cardiologist just so i can get my prescriptions refilled, even
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though I've already met with my cardiolo just this year.
I've already had all my yearly testing. But now I'm
going to be forced, and I am being forced this
Friday to go in to see a new cardiologist because
my cardiologist is leaving through all of this was going
to cost me, you know, easily, even with the insurance,
a couple hundred bucks for no reason.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Stuff happens, but.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Only when it is politically viable for Democrats does anybody
ever go and give a rip.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Let's go here.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
We were talking last hour and last week, Representative Pam
Altendorth took to social media highlighting how Minnesota, over the
course of a few years right around COVID saw one
hundred and seventy four percent increase in SNAPA issuance. Federal
SNAP issuance in Minnesota reached more than one point five
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billion dollars in fiscal year twenty twenty three, nearly triple
the number from four years earlier. Altendorf said the size
and speed of the increase should raise alarms. When you
see an increase in a program expense by more than
one billion in four years, especially in this state, it
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just reeks of another potential undiscovered fraud. It's time to
investigate why SNAP issuances rose so dramatically and who is
receiving these funds. Now, I'm working off of a version
here from Alphinus, And as we mentioned last week, you
had the Trump Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins, directing states to
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provide detail SNAP benefits. Many states refused to, including Minnesota.
Rolins said that investigators identified individuals receiving benefits in multiple
states and found about five thousand deceased individuals still listed
as active recipients. We found one guy, she said, in
six different states getting benefits, So who's getting.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
All that money?
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Minnesota did not provide the Trump administration with the requested
SNAP recipient files. According to Altendorf, states that have provided
their data have already uncovered fraud and corrected errors. Minnesota,
she said, remains in the dark. Representative Harry nisk agreed
on social media, saying at this point, Minnesotan should be
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concerned about the ramp and fraud in every program administered
by the incompetent Walls administration. Attorney General Keith Ellison and
twenty one other state attorneys filed a lawsuit in July
arguing the USDA's data demand is unconstitutional.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
They sued Trump for.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Asking for information, saying that it would expose some four
hundred thousand Minnesotan's personal information, including social security numbers and
home addresses.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Listen, they know.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
That this lawsuit was completely frivolous, but they crafted it
in such a way to how and to where they
can go and make an argument saying, oh, you can't
trust the Trump administration social Security numbers, home addresses.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
You never know what they're going to do. Ice may
show up at your door. I'm just giving some hypotheticals now.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Because Pam Altendorf raised the question, it did prompt the
state to respond, and on Friday they said that, oh,
it was reporting errors that led to what appeared to
be the dramatic spike in federal food benefit payouts in
recent years.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
So errors were made.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
The agency that administered the program in Minnesota issued an
explanation saying, according to the federal data, snap payouts nearly tripled,
jumping from teven.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Hundred and twenty five million to one point nine billion.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Despike marked the largest jump nationwide. The nearly two billion
total state about the same in twenty twenty two, before
dropping by about four hundred million in twenty twenty three,
the most recent year of the data was available, so
the explanation. In a statement, the Minnesota Department of Children,
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Youth and Families said the DCYF has reviewed the federal
reports submitted to the USDA Minnesota mistakenly included pandemic EBT
in FNS DASH forty six submission, which is the basis
for the numbers in the snap State Activities Report. Not
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only was the pandemic EBT included, it was included on
two lines of the report in a way that double
counted the expenditures. We look forward to revising these reports
with FNS when the federal government shutdown ends. Let me
stop here real quick. I'll share with you some more
details from this, but I have more questions now. So
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if they're only just now finding it, so, was money
cut or was money not cut? Was money spent or
was money not spent? And what other budgets were affected
based off of these errors?
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Doing that thing with my fingers.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
It seems to me that while this might be a
plausible excuse, it does, as I mentioned, raise a host
of other questions as to what were the unintended consequences
of these errors relating to the total budget here in
the state of Minnesota. We'll get to some of your
comments coming up. Oh new fraud too, company build medicaid
for client it never met.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
I'll give you details of.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
This coming up here on Twinesday's News Talk Am eleven
thirty and one h three five FM. State blames reporting
errors for outsize SNAP payout figures. SNAP payouts nearly tripled,
jumping from about two hundred and excuse me, seven hundred
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and twenty five million to one point nine billion. Spike
marked the largest jomp nationwide. Twin Cities news Talk from
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and a statement the Minnesota Department of Children and Youth
Families said they reviewed the federal reports and that Minnesota
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mistakingly included pandemic EBT in its submission, which was the
basis for the numbers and why they had ballooned so largely.
Not only was pandemic EBT included, it was included on
two lines of the report in a way that double
counted those expenditures.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Let's get to a few of your thoughts.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
It wasn't an excuse, John, They just had to come
up with enough time to figuregure out how to make
up a lie. Seventy of food stamp recipients and SNAP
recipients across the United States are illegal aliens.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
They went on to say, fraud, wasted abuse is incredibly
rare and snap oh. People gotta be careful with Theymickel's comments. Unfortunately,
what is more common is thieves stealing benefits by skimming
EBT cards at point of sale terminals they've tampered with.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
That's just random. We weren't talking about that.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Now.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
They do say the reporting errors do not mean the
taxpayer dollars were mistakingly doled out. It means that the
state incorrectly tallied the numbers. Although I do find it
rather interesting the way that was worded. It doesn't necessarily
mean the taxpayer dollars were mistakingly doled out. It just
means that they were incorrectly tallied. Well, is that a
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guarantee that they weren't?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Those dollars weren't doled out anyway.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Having been a former state employee, I'm pretty much guessing
when you.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Asked about it was something with a check cut.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
I believe that the sun two lines. It was cut twice,
so two checks went out for the same money. The
state said it does not know yet what the correct
figures are. Well, they do say they planned to submit
corrected figures to the Department of Agriculture, which over sneeze
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oversees snap when the government shut down ends, as it's
just government shutdown is so convenient for Democrats on all
of these various issues. Speaking of those here illegally, this
comes from Channel five. Three Minnesotans accused of targeting and
defrauding immigrants at Twin Cities area churches are now facing
criminal charges. Prosecutors last week charge day forty eight year
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old Luis Baltasar Levilla A and forty year old Kira
Milania Romero Pinto, both of Lakeville, as well as forty
year old Lake Elmo resident Dennis Rigoberto Aquino Martinez.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
They were all.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Charged with multiple counts of theft by swindle. Pinto faces
twelve charges, easily the most of the defendants also charged
with racketeering. Washington County authorities say the trio would seek
out Spanish speaking immigrants at local churches, mentioned their connection
to a fake attorney named Isabella Jason, and offered them
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legal services, jobs, and expedited citizenship in exchange for payments.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
That totaled the thousands of dollars.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Court documents note that most of the victims were contacted
by the defendants at churches in Invergrove, Heights and Woodbury,
including a pastor in one of the cities. Between twenty
three and twenty five. That pastor to police that he
gave Pinto nearly thirty thousand dollars in the summer of
twenty twenty four after she promised to help several members
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of the parish get jobs. This is another great example,
and I say great from a tragic kind of way,
so I don't misunderstand, but it's another example of the
impacts of illegal immigration and lacks enforcement of immigration laws.
If you do the compassionate thing which the Trump administration
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has been doing, stopping the influx of those coming into
the country here here illegally across our southern border, protect
our southern border to the best of our ability. You know,
as the United States can do, enforce our existing immigration
laws and take away the incentive of people to come
here illegally, then you have less opportunity where these individuals
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are going to be taking inage of by the horrible.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Element out there.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
He added that on top of that thirty thousand dollars,
that she also offered to sell him a twelve thousand
dollars golden card that would give him the ability to
get to people US citizenship. Other victims paid over forty
thousand dollars to help with the immigration process, which they
never received. But you wonder why individuals and how an
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individual can fall for the email ruse of the guy
in Saudi Arabia, the prince who needs you to go
transfer money and you can keep a portion of it.
And I present to you the details of this story.
When the pastor realized what was happening this past July,
the charging documents state the trio went to his church
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and pressured him not to tell anybody about their scheme,
threatening that they could call police or Ice if he did.
In total, prosecutors say the defendants defrauded at least twenty
five people of five hundred and sixty three seven hundred dollars.
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Each count faces a maximum sentence of at least ten
years in prison. Thank goodness they were caught in Washington
County and not Hennipen County, because Mary Moriarty probably would already.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Have him out on the streets.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
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Speaker 2 (19:01):
Don't go anywhere the Democrats is. They took crime off
the front.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Page of every newspaper, that was the story, and they
turned it into healthcare.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
That was MSNBC's Morning Joe speaking.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Truth for once. He's absolutely right.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Everything that we've been dealing with for the past forty
days has been nothing but political theater perpetuated by Democrats
to sow chaos and discord.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Listen. To a certain extent, it worked.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
They had some electoral success last week. Caused a lot
of confusion and panic, offered opportunities for individuals to take
to social media, like Senator Aaron Mayquay to go and
comment on the issue here on When City's News Talk.
That's we continue our broadcast from the six' five to
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Speaker 2 (20:04):
STUDIOS i don't.
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Generally make videos with advice for National democrats because the
ones THAT i talk to That i'm close, to THAT
i can, influence LIKE i tell, them, probably and then
the ones THAT i could like talk to in the,
public they don't give you what i'd, Say BUT i
will say that if we did a whole shut down
to extend THE aca subsidies and then all you get
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is a promise to take a vote on, it that's,
Insane like it's actually. Insane SO i don't, know like not, groundbreaking.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
But what the got to thank leftists OF mn ON
x for providing that. CLIP i almost feel bad For
aaron May. QUAITE i didn't realize it the first, time
and now THAT i listened back to, it maybe she
wasn't aware that it was all political theater and actually
thought That democrats IN dc legitimately cared about extending THE
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aca benefits because they never really did. Listen that's on
her if that's the. Case the same thing goes With
Lieutenant Governor peggy.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
Flanagain, hey so the fact that a handful Of democratic
senators just walked away from a fight we were winning
to keep healthcare costs from skyrocketing for millions Of americans
and capitulating To Donald trump And Congressional. Republicans it, sucks
and we deserve so much, more especially when we saw
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victories up and down the ballot all across the. Country
people were with, us and then this is not. Okay
so it is time for you to pick your fighter,
yeah and your fighter guys, accordingly because we deserve so
much more than.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
This.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Boot also on a second pass through THAT i just
didn't pick up on this last. Time but the way
she framed the the elections last, WEEK i, mean it
was only a handful of.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Races it wasn't there wasn't, like this wasn't a massive.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Election it doesn't, matter all, RIGHT i don't want to
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is selling books?
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Hard, well if everybody goes and makes mistakes Like, ben
then selling books would be a heck of a lot
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here To Caro. Levin keep in mind the level of
concern that you hear from all these democrats regarding individuals
not getting their snap, benefits the shut, down people in
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need being.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Taken advantage of the healthcare.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Subsidies and yet how much fraud have we covered in
the course of this year alone on the, show estimates
of six billion. Dollars you don't see the videos going
up from flannagain or From, quaid or comments from walls
worried about what's, happening and yet all these stories still.
Continue they only care when they can use it.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
For.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Politics that's.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
It what started as a routine check of Her medicaid
billing turned into a shocking discovery For Erna Hammered. Schmidt
The minnesota woman had rebuilt her life after a prolonged
battle with, addiction only to find her name being used
to commit what she calls is. Fraud ernest, SAID i
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was looking at my claims AND i saw a company
Called Community Care partners in, there AND i was, like
who were these? People the company she'd never heard of
or met, with was billing Her medicaid insurance coverage provided
through You care one hundred and eighty nine dollars multiple
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times a, week claiming to have provided adult rehabilitative mental health.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Services.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Now THE armhs is a program overseen by the Unbattled
Minnesota department Of Human, services already facing sharp criticism for
failing to prevent wide spread fraud and taxpayer funded programs
designed to help people battling addiction and. Homelessness you, know
a real governor would have just completely UPENDED dhs at
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this point in time and replaced every single.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
IT a real leader. Would if that's not what we
have In Governor Tim.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
Walls THE aarmhs program provides a range of services to
help individuals develop and enhance psychiatric, stabilities social, competencies personal
and emotional, adjustment and independent living and community. Skills every
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single one of these, programs they just have these incredibly,
broad nuanced language relating to what they, provide which pretty
much means they can justify providing anything and billing for.
It now when it comes To Erna, hammerschmidt two years,
sober proud to be a success a story Of minnesota's
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publicly funded rehabilitation And Housing Stabilization services, program which helped her.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Finable stability and a.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Home so she would have been one of the few
individuals that actually successfully took advantage of a program that
no longer exists because it was almost one hundred percent.
Fraud apart From, erna, apparently she watched with concern as
the investigations exposed a seemingly endless case of alleged fraud
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in these programs that helped her throughout her recovery. Journey
THE hss program that found her a place to live
was completely terminated last. Week AS i, mentioned the state
decided that they were unable to prevent fraud and could
not afford to wait to see if the legislative reforms
and the new program integrity measures would be. Effective she
not alone in questioning the alleged to ghost of billing
(27:43):
by the ARM hs providers easier way for me to say,
It Cara levin recently exposed similar allegations of billing fraud
involving another company Called Action THERAPY. Llc that sounds totally
legit their, billing Said Mohammad, ali who spotted thousands of
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dollars in charges on His medicaid. Account never been there,
before never even heard of. It so who Are Community Care?
Partners charge after, charge week after, week month after month
earned His medicaid insurance had been billed repeatedly By Community Care,
partners supposedly for providing the ARMS. Hs the inside the
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building sweet three, twelve there were small signs taped to
the door in a mailbox with the company's, name but
no people during regular business. Hours no one answered the. Door,
online the company's website looked equally. Hollow ate me to our,
team doing nothing with my. Fingers page contained no actual
names or, photos just a line reading find us at
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your working. Location according to records posted by The Minnesota
secretary Of state's, website the shared manager was a woman
Named Muna. Mohammed when contacted by care, Leven Muna mohammad
said she was no longer affiliated with the business and
sold it In december of twenty twenty. Three she provided
care eleven a copy of the sales records confirming That
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Community Care partners had been purchased for sixty thousand dollars
by a group of three. Buyers you Had Habit Sharif
Musab abu Dhal kadir And Mohammad. Mohammad the ownership change
took place before the suspicious. Billings Earned a discovered when
she reviewed her insurance. Claims records show her billings were
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part of a dramatic increase in the company's Overall medicaid.
CHARGES i, mean, listen, rinse you, know, lather, rinse repeat
on all of these different fraud Charges State Medicate Medicaid
billing data obtained through the investigation and an open records
request revealed that after the, sale the company immediately experienced
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explosive of financial. Growth it shows The Community Care partners
charged ARM hs twenty thousand dollars in twenty twenty, two
ten thousand dollars in twenty twenty, three but in twenty twenty,
four after the, sale the billing skyrocketed seven thousand percent
to more than seven hundred and eighteen thousand.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Dollars oh my, God, sam.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
You want to go partners in on a on a
healthcare services?
Speaker 2 (30:29):
PROGRAM i Think i'll, pass but knock yourself OUT j
AND S Action THERAPY. Llc oh my, gosh.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
In at least Irma hammerschmid's, case it was tax dollars
paid to a company for imaginary. Services what you're doing
is not morally or ethically. Okay ernest, said you can't
just build people and make money off them and look
at them like a. Paycheck Carol levin submitted questions to
the TWO dhs Whether Community Care partners was under investigation
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and whether they were being allowed to continue building The
States medicaid. Programs The department did not directly answer the,
questions but send a statement in part SAYING dhs is
expanding its use of data analytics to look at trends
and outliers in provider.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Billing they went on to say a whole bunch of other.
Stuff fascinating to, Talk, yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Sortly, Thereafter Governor Tim walls announced that in order to
better catch the fraud on the front, end as we've
talked about on the, SHOW dhs Run medicaid programs will
be subject to third party billing audits before payments are.
Issued maybe you should have been doing that in the first.
Place might have been a good idea and with.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
All of this.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Too this is only the stuff that we've. DISCOVERED i,
mean how many other programs out. THERE i, mean which
program isn't filled with fraud at this point in.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Time it's across the.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
BOARD i, mean whether you're looking at these programs that
are straight up stealing from taxpayers through these different government, Programs, MEDICAID,
dhs turning a blind eye not, caring or the story
that we had earlier of individuals out there taking advantage
of the illegal immigrant community and pastors at. Churches it's
almost like we have this systemic problem relating to fraud
(32:35):
here in the state Of.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
Minnesota turning our attention over to The city Of.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Minneapolis just as an update from the election results from last,
week the progressive wing of The Minneapolis City council will
keep its, majority but lose its ability to override the
mayor's vetos in his next. Term the political makeup of
the incoming council will likely Allow Mayor Jacob fry to
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avoid the kind of pushback on his power that shaped
the last two years the progressive.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
Arm working off of the story here From fox, nine the.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Progressive arm of The Minneapolis City clouncil lost a seat
last week when the Incumbent Katie cashman lost her re
election bid In ward seven to newcomer and Moderate Elizabeth.
Schaeffer the loss of a progressive voice leaves that wing
of the clouncil without the ability to override the mayor
Ol Vito. Well, listen that assumes That schaeffer doesn't cave
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to the radical, socialists which the other NON dsa endorsed
candidates have all done in the. Past you, know Is
Elizabeth Shaper schaeffer going to buck the current trend and
that is going out to the public acting like you're
a more Moderate, democrat showing your concern over what's been
taking place In, minneapolis only to get elected and then
(33:56):
to go and just vote in lockstep with a hard
core leftist radical. Socialists i'm certainly not holding my breath
on that particular. ISSUE i, mean it's nice Of fox
and nine to assume that they've lost their radical, majority but,
AGAIN i just simply have no faith or trust in
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Any democrat politician right, now to tell the. TRUTH a
string of breaking thefts over the weekend left dozens of
people with a headache and a bill In Minneapolis's Lowry hill.
Neighborhood some residents are calling on city leaders to take
more action to address the. Issue residents in the area
(34:40):
said it feels like nothing is being done to stop
the break ins because people rarely get.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
Caught it just keeps. Happening at about two or three.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
In the, MORNING i heard a car alarm alarms going,
off SO i looked, outside Said krishna U, varjah who lives.
Nearby when she stepped, outside she saw dozens of car
windows smashed Along Fremont Avenue, south with a trail of
shattered glass lining the. Street Minneapolis police say they responded
(35:08):
to the property damage call around five forty five am
after finding several vehicles in the area with broken.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Windows all the.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
Way down to the, church every single window was bust,
out Said Christina, sward who lives in the.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Neighborhood back In, november more than a one hundred.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
Vehicles were damaged across the, city with the thieves taking
valuables from. INSIDE i, mean was anything even stolen or
was just just random violence taking? Place Minneapolis times has
this PIECE i want to. Share it's a lengthy. PIECE
i just want to share with you some some of
the details from.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
IT i just.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
You know what's going, on but when you hear it happen,
firsthand it's it's it's stunning to read and to listen to.
Speaker 5 (35:58):
In your.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Neighborhood have you ever kept a can on your front
porch to deposit the needles found on the? Street the
title of this for The Minneapolis times is some parts
Of minneapolis really do have, crime asking do you have
a can to deposit needles you?
Speaker 2 (36:19):
Found have you ever had.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
A conversation with a neighbor on best to practices on
how to keep drug dealers from congregating in front of your?
HOUSE a sprinkler going in the going in the summer
that reaches out onto the sidewalk works when you leave?
Town do you worry your house or garage will be
(36:41):
invaded if you park on the. Street are you nervous
every time you approach your car because you, may as
you have in the, past find the passenger side window
busted and your glove compartment to rifle.
Speaker 2 (36:52):
Through as we were just talking about In Lowry. Hill
if you have lived near an, encampment have you at.
Speaker 1 (36:59):
Times had to shovel up human waste in your driveway
or had your garbage containers tagged by the city for
inappropriate waste for which you were not. Responsible have you
been told over the phone by a service person that
they do not send their installers to your? Area have
you been menaced by a drug? Dealer have you witnessed
(37:22):
the horrors of addiction on the? Street users walking, by bent,
over yelling at no, one stripping and scratching their, skin
sitting on the sidewalk and just. Nodding do you personally
know a neighbor who's been viciously attacked with a, knife hard,
object or firearm that resulted in a long hospital stay or.
(37:43):
Death were you the victim of such an attack? Yourself
most individuals In minneapolis living in high crime neighborhoods could
answer yes to all those hassles not reported in the daily,
news and some could tell you about the more violent
ones that do grab the, headlines no matter the level they,
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are everyday, occurrences sometimes downright. Hardships the DOCUMENTARY A Precarious
stage raises the issue of crime being a problem In.
MINNEAPOLIS a lot of people have pushed, back saying the
crime is not a, problem most Recently Eric roper in
The Star. Tribune in his piece he talks about his
experience living In, minneapolis the lush urbanity Of, minneapolis supplements
(38:29):
the pictures of sunflowers and people lounging along the river,
bank and talking about loving riding his bike in a
protected bike lane on a, beautiful warm. Day and while
this may Be roper's, experience it's not, mine says the article,
writer nor the experience of people in much of the.
CITY i WISH i was among the majority living in
(38:49):
the city who never knew anyone who was. Murdered BUT
i have personally known. Four crime in my part of
the city is far less than six degrees of separation
from my. NEIGHBORS i can't even sadly living in an
environment like, that my family children having to live in
(39:13):
an environment like, That and yet unfortunately it's a commonplace
for the city Of, minneapolis and unfortunately with voters did
very little to change anything regarding the outcome of getting
a grip on any of. That thank you for hanging
out on today's. Show Candidate Adam schwarze in studio also
(39:34):
De Vide gartenstein rossill be joining Us TALK ai at
six point. Thirty if you miss any portion of today's,
show you can check out the. Podcast sam has those
available shortly up on The iHeart or radio.
Speaker 2 (39:45):
APP i hope you.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
Enjoy the rest of Your, monday stay, warm And i'll
talk to you guys tomorrow, morning right around six so.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Five have a great, one Buck. Man what's called a
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all of what we've been talking about on the show
this morning, relating to the shutdown snap benefits Supreme Court
(00:37):
Justice rulings, activist judges rulings pay your people their snap No,
you can't, now, it's against the law. If you needed
another example of how all of this is pure political
theater perpetuated by Democrats at a time where they do
not have a party platform, They do not have a
(00:57):
leader to point to, They have no voice of reason
out there, and the.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Best voice of reason they have are individuals like John Fetterman.
You probably haven't heard about this.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Relating to m Health Fairview United Healthcare contract disputes. This
could impact some one hundred and twenty five thousand patients
here in Minnesota, and you're probably not even aware, but
if you have United Healthcare or UMR plans, this could
dramatically impact you because it essentially would end up taking
(01:34):
m health Fairview out of your in network provider and
making them an out of network provider. I've been down
this road before, through my own fault. By the way,
I've had this circumstance happen to me. It happened in
a couple That happened back in twenty twenty two. They
can tell you the year. It happened in twenty two
when I switched over a year to year, as we do.
(01:56):
At the end of the year, you have to go
and choose your healthcare benefits.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
And I ended up switching mine.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Over to the same plan that I do every year,
but that plan had changed and the one health insurance
provider that I was using, or the hospital that I
was using in my cardiologists and it became out of network.
I didn't know until after I had some procedures done
and there was nothing I could do about it. And
that's exactly what will happen here to some one hundred
and twenty five thousand patients.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
And yet you.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Don't hear Walls talking about it, you don't hear Democrats
talking about it. And these are individuals that are going
to end up seeing a massive increase in their payments
if this ends up taking place, and health Fairview has
warned patients that if an agreement isn't reached, they will
become an out of network provider for United Healthcare. As
(02:43):
I mentioned you and our plans. This would start on
January first, talking to Fox nine in a statement, United
Healthcare's current contract demands would force them to make difficult choices. Unfortunately,
healthcare is current commercial contract demands that it would force
(03:03):
Fairview to make impossible choices, cutting services, limiting access, impacting
our ability to deliver on our promise to our patients
and communities. Fairview is demanding a more than twenty three
percent price hike for commercial plans that would make it
significantly more expensive than any health system in the Twin Cities.
(03:24):
Fairview's proposal would increase healthcare costs by approximately one hundred
and twenty one million dollars, which would come out of
operating budgets of local employers. The current commercial contract between
m Health, Fairview and United Healthcare is a five year
agreement that ends this year. You see these types of
agreements in these things. They end for a lot of
(03:45):
different people and entities. This is nothing new, but you
don't see any debate going on. You don't see videos
being posted by State Senator Aaron Mayquade and cursing about this,
or Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan cursing about this, even though
it could pack some one hundred and twenty five thousand
patients here in Minnesota who may not even realize. And
(04:05):
you want to talk about being expensive, I mean not
just in terms of what this will end up constant
taking them in and out of network, but if they're
in a situation where they're not aware of this, and
they have procedures that are scheduled and going to be done.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
And they have to pay for those out of pocket.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Because if you ever have dealt with health insurance, I
don't care what company you work for. Once these things
are they're set, man, there's no going back. Mike Hatch,
attorney and former Attorney General, said, what we're dealing with
here is providers are in a pinch with regard to
(04:41):
the advancements in healthcare that costs money. Insurers and third
party administrators such as United Healthcare.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Are in a pinch.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Employers are in a significant pinch. Oh, and just wait
until paid family leave gets underway. The outcomes of The
negotiations could have direct impact on patients, healthcare costs, and
access to services. Both companies are seeking support for their positions.
It remains unclear if an agreement will be reached before
(05:11):
the contract expires and what the specific compromises may be made.
A better way to put it, stuff happens. I'm in
a situation right now because of this battle that's going on.
I just mentioned with you on a different level, the
cardiologists that I've had the past couple of years that
(05:33):
have really.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Become accustomed to.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
She knows the intricacies and the details of what it
is that I've been dealing with since I was thirty
seven years old. She ended up having to leave because
I'm with m Health Fairview. She ended up having to
leave to go someplace else. So now I'm forced to
go in and do an extra visit with a new
cardiologist just so i can get my prescriptions refilled, even
(05:58):
though I've already met with my cardiolo just this year.
I've already had all my yearly testing. But now I'm
going to be forced, and I am being forced this
Friday to go in to see a new cardiologist because
my cardiologist is leaving through all of this was going
to cost me, you know, easily, even with the insurance,
a couple hundred bucks for no reason.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Stuff happens, but.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Only when it is politically viable for Democrats does anybody
ever go and give a rip.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Let's go here.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
We were talking last hour and last week, Representative Pam
Altendorth took to social media highlighting how Minnesota, over the
course of a few years right around COVID saw one
hundred and seventy four percent increase in SNAPA issuance. Federal
SNAP issuance in Minnesota reached more than one point five
(06:58):
billion dollars in fiscal year twenty twenty three, nearly triple
the number from four years earlier. Altendorf said the size
and speed of the increase should raise alarms. When you
see an increase in a program expense by more than
one billion in four years, especially in this state, it
(07:19):
just reeks of another potential undiscovered fraud. It's time to
investigate why SNAP issuances rose so dramatically and who is
receiving these funds. Now, I'm working off of a version
here from Alphinus, And as we mentioned last week, you
had the Trump Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins, directing states to
(07:41):
provide detail SNAP benefits. Many states refused to, including Minnesota.
Rolins said that investigators identified individuals receiving benefits in multiple
states and found about five thousand deceased individuals still listed
as active recipients. We found one guy, she said, in
six different states getting benefits, So who's getting.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
All that money?
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Minnesota did not provide the Trump administration with the requested
SNAP recipient files. According to Altendorf, states that have provided
their data have already uncovered fraud and corrected errors. Minnesota,
she said, remains in the dark. Representative Harry nisk agreed
on social media, saying at this point, Minnesotan should be
(08:31):
concerned about the ramp and fraud in every program administered
by the incompetent Walls administration. Attorney General Keith Ellison and
twenty one other state attorneys filed a lawsuit in July
arguing the USDA's data demand is unconstitutional.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
They sued Trump for.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Asking for information, saying that it would expose some four
hundred thousand Minnesotan's personal information, including social security numbers and
home addresses.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Listen, they know.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
That this lawsuit was completely frivolous, but they crafted it
in such a way to how and to where they
can go and make an argument saying, oh, you can't
trust the Trump administration social Security numbers, home addresses.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
You never know what they're going to do. Ice may
show up at your door. I'm just giving some hypotheticals now.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Because Pam Altendorf raised the question, it did prompt the
state to respond, and on Friday they said that, oh,
it was reporting errors that led to what appeared to
be the dramatic spike in federal food benefit payouts in
recent years.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
So errors were made.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
The agency that administered the program in Minnesota issued an
explanation saying, according to the federal data, snap payouts nearly tripled,
jumping from teven.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Hundred and twenty five million to one point nine billion.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Despike marked the largest jump nationwide. The nearly two billion
total state about the same in twenty twenty two, before
dropping by about four hundred million in twenty twenty three,
the most recent year of the data was available, so
the explanation. In a statement, the Minnesota Department of Children,
(10:22):
Youth and Families said the DCYF has reviewed the federal
reports submitted to the USDA Minnesota mistakenly included pandemic EBT
in FNS DASH forty six submission, which is the basis
for the numbers in the snap State Activities Report. Not
(10:44):
only was the pandemic EBT included, it was included on
two lines of the report in a way that double
counted the expenditures. We look forward to revising these reports
with FNS when the federal government shutdown ends. Let me
stop here real quick. I'll share with you some more
details from this, but I have more questions now. So
(11:07):
if they're only just now finding it, so, was money
cut or was money not cut? Was money spent or
was money not spent? And what other budgets were affected
based off of these errors?
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Doing that thing with my fingers.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
It seems to me that while this might be a
plausible excuse, it does, as I mentioned, raise a host
of other questions as to what were the unintended consequences
of these errors relating to the total budget here in
the state of Minnesota. We'll get to some of your
comments coming up. Oh new fraud too, company build medicaid
for client it never met.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
I'll give you details of.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
This coming up here on Twinesday's News Talk Am eleven
thirty and one h three five FM. State blames reporting
errors for outsize SNAP payout figures. SNAP payouts nearly tripled,
jumping from about two hundred and excuse me, seven hundred
(12:10):
and twenty five million to one point nine billion. Spike
marked the largest jomp nationwide. Twin Cities news Talk from
the sixty five to one carpet Next Day install studios
and a statement the Minnesota Department of Children and Youth
Families said they reviewed the federal reports and that Minnesota
(12:32):
mistakingly included pandemic EBT in its submission, which was the
basis for the numbers and why they had ballooned so largely.
Not only was pandemic EBT included, it was included on
two lines of the report in a way that double
counted those expenditures.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Let's get to a few of your thoughts.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
It wasn't an excuse, John, They just had to come
up with enough time to figuregure out how to make
up a lie. Seventy of food stamp recipients and SNAP
recipients across the United States are illegal aliens.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
They went on to say, fraud, wasted abuse is incredibly
rare and snap oh. People gotta be careful with Theymickel's comments. Unfortunately,
what is more common is thieves stealing benefits by skimming
EBT cards at point of sale terminals they've tampered with.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
That's just random. We weren't talking about that.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Now.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
They do say the reporting errors do not mean the
taxpayer dollars were mistakingly doled out. It means that the
state incorrectly tallied the numbers. Although I do find it
rather interesting the way that was worded. It doesn't necessarily
mean the taxpayer dollars were mistakingly doled out. It just
means that they were incorrectly tallied. Well, is that a
(13:55):
guarantee that they weren't?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Those dollars weren't doled out anyway.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Having been a former state employee, I'm pretty much guessing
when you.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Asked about it was something with a check cut.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
I believe that the sun two lines. It was cut twice,
so two checks went out for the same money. The
state said it does not know yet what the correct
figures are. Well, they do say they planned to submit
corrected figures to the Department of Agriculture, which over sneeze
(14:32):
oversees snap when the government shut down ends, as it's
just government shutdown is so convenient for Democrats on all
of these various issues. Speaking of those here illegally, this
comes from Channel five. Three Minnesotans accused of targeting and
defrauding immigrants at Twin Cities area churches are now facing
criminal charges. Prosecutors last week charge day forty eight year
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old Luis Baltasar Levilla A and forty year old Kira
Milania Romero Pinto, both of Lakeville, as well as forty
year old Lake Elmo resident Dennis Rigoberto Aquino Martinez.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
They were all.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Charged with multiple counts of theft by swindle. Pinto faces
twelve charges, easily the most of the defendants also charged
with racketeering. Washington County authorities say the trio would seek
out Spanish speaking immigrants at local churches, mentioned their connection
to a fake attorney named Isabella Jason, and offered them
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legal services, jobs, and expedited citizenship in exchange for payments.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
That totaled the thousands of dollars.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Court documents note that most of the victims were contacted
by the defendants at churches in Invergrove, Heights and Woodbury,
including a pastor in one of the cities. Between twenty
three and twenty five. That pastor to police that he
gave Pinto nearly thirty thousand dollars in the summer of
twenty twenty four after she promised to help several members
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of the parish get jobs. This is another great example,
and I say great from a tragic kind of way,
so I don't misunderstand, but it's another example of the
impacts of illegal immigration and lacks enforcement of immigration laws.
If you do the compassionate thing which the Trump administration
(16:35):
has been doing, stopping the influx of those coming into
the country here here illegally across our southern border, protect
our southern border to the best of our ability. You know,
as the United States can do, enforce our existing immigration
laws and take away the incentive of people to come
here illegally, then you have less opportunity where these individuals
(16:59):
are going to be taking inage of by the horrible.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Element out there.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
He added that on top of that thirty thousand dollars,
that she also offered to sell him a twelve thousand
dollars golden card that would give him the ability to
get to people US citizenship. Other victims paid over forty
thousand dollars to help with the immigration process, which they
never received. But you wonder why individuals and how an
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individual can fall for the email ruse of the guy
in Saudi Arabia, the prince who needs you to go
transfer money and you can keep a portion of it.
And I present to you the details of this story.
When the pastor realized what was happening this past July,
the charging documents state the trio went to his church
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and pressured him not to tell anybody about their scheme,
threatening that they could call police or Ice if he did.
In total, prosecutors say the defendants defrauded at least twenty
five people of five hundred and sixty three seven hundred dollars.
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Each count faces a maximum sentence of at least ten
years in prison. Thank goodness they were caught in Washington
County and not Hennipen County, because Mary Moriarty probably would already.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Have him out on the streets.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
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Speaker 2 (19:01):
Don't go anywhere the Democrats is. They took crime off
the front.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Page of every newspaper, that was the story, and they
turned it into healthcare.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
That was MSNBC's Morning Joe speaking.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Truth for once. He's absolutely right.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Everything that we've been dealing with for the past forty
days has been nothing but political theater perpetuated by Democrats
to sow chaos and discord.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Listen. To a certain extent, it worked.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
They had some electoral success last week. Caused a lot
of confusion and panic, offered opportunities for individuals to take
to social media, like Senator Aaron Mayquay to go and
comment on the issue here on When City's News Talk.
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Speaker 2 (20:04):
STUDIOS i don't.
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Generally make videos with advice for National democrats because the
ones THAT i talk to That i'm close, to THAT
i can, influence LIKE i tell, them, probably and then
the ones THAT i could like talk to in the,
public they don't give you what i'd, Say BUT i
will say that if we did a whole shut down
to extend THE aca subsidies and then all you get
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is a promise to take a vote on, it that's,
Insane like it's actually. Insane SO i don't, know like not, groundbreaking.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
But what the got to thank leftists OF mn ON
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wasn't aware that it was all political theater and actually
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(20:56):
aca benefits because they never really did. Listen that's on
her if that's the. Case the same thing goes With
Lieutenant Governor peggy.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
Flanagain, hey so the fact that a handful Of democratic
senators just walked away from a fight we were winning
to keep healthcare costs from skyrocketing for millions Of americans
and capitulating To Donald trump And Congressional. Republicans it, sucks
and we deserve so much, more especially when we saw
(21:31):
victories up and down the ballot all across the. Country
people were with, us and then this is not. Okay
so it is time for you to pick your fighter,
yeah and your fighter guys, accordingly because we deserve so
much more than.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
This.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Boot also on a second pass through THAT i just
didn't pick up on this last. Time but the way
she framed the the elections last, WEEK i, mean it
was only a handful of.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Races it wasn't there wasn't, like this wasn't a massive.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
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to pick with. You i'd, say don't play it on the,
radio but maybe you should because you haven't talked about
The embark series, recently AND i dove into it Because
i've listened to you over the, years and i gotta
tell YOU i love the. Series oh thank. You but
this idea that selling books is hard doesn't. MATCH i
(23:16):
went back to buy the second one and accidentally about the,
eighth which MEANS i bought the eighth in the second
is selling books?
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Hard, well if everybody goes and makes mistakes Like, ben
then selling books would be a heck of a lot
easier technically.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Speaking And i'm going to go. There thank, You. Ben
i'm really glad you enjoyed the.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
SERIES i am the worst salesperson, ever and selling books is.
Hard this is WHY i will never work in, sales
Because i'm just really bad at. It there isn't an
eighth book in the. Series What ben ended up purchasing
was there is an ebook box set of all seven
of the books that are available for a discount of.
Price that is book eight in the. Series there's only
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seven books in the, series but that's the eighth BOOK
I got. You so there you, Go Sampi drake use
in the studio next. Door so all, right let's go
here To Caro. Levin keep in mind the level of
concern that you hear from all these democrats regarding individuals
not getting their snap, benefits the shut, down people in
(24:17):
need being.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Taken advantage of the healthcare.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Subsidies and yet how much fraud have we covered in
the course of this year alone on the, show estimates
of six billion. Dollars you don't see the videos going
up from flannagain or From, quaid or comments from walls
worried about what's, happening and yet all these stories still.
Continue they only care when they can use it.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
For.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Politics that's.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
It what started as a routine check of Her medicaid
billing turned into a shocking discovery For Erna Hammered. Schmidt
The minnesota woman had rebuilt her life after a prolonged
battle with, addiction only to find her name being used
to commit what she calls is. Fraud ernest, SAID i
(25:07):
was looking at my claims AND i saw a company
Called Community Care partners in, there AND i was, like
who were these? People the company she'd never heard of
or met, with was billing Her medicaid insurance coverage provided
through You care one hundred and eighty nine dollars multiple
(25:28):
times a, week claiming to have provided adult rehabilitative mental health.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Services.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Now THE armhs is a program overseen by the Unbattled
Minnesota department Of Human, services already facing sharp criticism for
failing to prevent wide spread fraud and taxpayer funded programs
designed to help people battling addiction and. Homelessness you, know
a real governor would have just completely UPENDED dhs at
(25:57):
this point in time and replaced every single.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
IT a real leader. Would if that's not what we
have In Governor Tim.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
Walls THE aarmhs program provides a range of services to
help individuals develop and enhance psychiatric, stabilities social, competencies personal
and emotional, adjustment and independent living and community. Skills every
(26:26):
single one of these, programs they just have these incredibly,
broad nuanced language relating to what they, provide which pretty
much means they can justify providing anything and billing for.
It now when it comes To Erna, hammerschmidt two years,
sober proud to be a success a story Of minnesota's
(26:50):
publicly funded rehabilitation And Housing Stabilization services, program which helped her.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Finable stability and a.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Home so she would have been one of the few
individuals that actually successfully took advantage of a program that
no longer exists because it was almost one hundred percent.
Fraud apart From, erna, apparently she watched with concern as
the investigations exposed a seemingly endless case of alleged fraud
(27:22):
in these programs that helped her throughout her recovery. Journey
THE hss program that found her a place to live
was completely terminated last. Week AS i, mentioned the state
decided that they were unable to prevent fraud and could
not afford to wait to see if the legislative reforms
and the new program integrity measures would be. Effective she
not alone in questioning the alleged to ghost of billing
(27:43):
by the ARM hs providers easier way for me to say,
It Cara levin recently exposed similar allegations of billing fraud
involving another company Called Action THERAPY. Llc that sounds totally
legit their, billing Said Mohammad, ali who spotted thousands of
(28:08):
dollars in charges on His medicaid. Account never been there,
before never even heard of. It so who Are Community Care?
Partners charge after, charge week after, week month after month
earned His medicaid insurance had been billed repeatedly By Community Care,
partners supposedly for providing the ARMS. Hs the inside the
(28:30):
building sweet three, twelve there were small signs taped to
the door in a mailbox with the company's, name but
no people during regular business. Hours no one answered the. Door,
online the company's website looked equally. Hollow ate me to our,
team doing nothing with my. Fingers page contained no actual
names or, photos just a line reading find us at
(28:53):
your working. Location according to records posted by The Minnesota
secretary Of state's, website the shared manager was a woman
Named Muna. Mohammed when contacted by care, Leven Muna mohammad
said she was no longer affiliated with the business and
sold it In december of twenty twenty. Three she provided
care eleven a copy of the sales records confirming That
(29:15):
Community Care partners had been purchased for sixty thousand dollars
by a group of three. Buyers you Had Habit Sharif
Musab abu Dhal kadir And Mohammad. Mohammad the ownership change
took place before the suspicious. Billings Earned a discovered when
she reviewed her insurance. Claims records show her billings were
(29:37):
part of a dramatic increase in the company's Overall medicaid.
CHARGES i, mean, listen, rinse you, know, lather, rinse repeat
on all of these different fraud Charges State Medicate Medicaid
billing data obtained through the investigation and an open records
request revealed that after the, sale the company immediately experienced
(29:59):
explosive of financial. Growth it shows The Community Care partners
charged ARM hs twenty thousand dollars in twenty twenty, two
ten thousand dollars in twenty twenty, three but in twenty twenty,
four after the, sale the billing skyrocketed seven thousand percent
to more than seven hundred and eighteen thousand.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Dollars oh my, God, sam.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
You want to go partners in on a on a
healthcare services?
Speaker 2 (30:29):
PROGRAM i Think i'll, pass but knock yourself OUT j
AND S Action THERAPY. Llc oh my, gosh.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
In at least Irma hammerschmid's, case it was tax dollars
paid to a company for imaginary. Services what you're doing
is not morally or ethically. Okay ernest, said you can't
just build people and make money off them and look
at them like a. Paycheck Carol levin submitted questions to
the TWO dhs Whether Community Care partners was under investigation
(31:08):
and whether they were being allowed to continue building The
States medicaid. Programs The department did not directly answer the,
questions but send a statement in part SAYING dhs is
expanding its use of data analytics to look at trends
and outliers in provider.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Billing they went on to say a whole bunch of other.
Stuff fascinating to, Talk, yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Sortly, Thereafter Governor Tim walls announced that in order to
better catch the fraud on the front, end as we've
talked about on the, SHOW dhs Run medicaid programs will
be subject to third party billing audits before payments are.
Issued maybe you should have been doing that in the first.
Place might have been a good idea and with.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
All of this.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Too this is only the stuff that we've. DISCOVERED i,
mean how many other programs out. THERE i, mean which
program isn't filled with fraud at this point in.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Time it's across the.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
BOARD i, mean whether you're looking at these programs that
are straight up stealing from taxpayers through these different government, Programs, MEDICAID,
dhs turning a blind eye not, caring or the story
that we had earlier of individuals out there taking advantage
of the illegal immigrant community and pastors at. Churches it's
almost like we have this systemic problem relating to fraud
(32:35):
here in the state Of.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
Minnesota turning our attention over to The city Of.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Minneapolis just as an update from the election results from last,
week the progressive wing of The Minneapolis City council will
keep its, majority but lose its ability to override the
mayor's vetos in his next. Term the political makeup of
the incoming council will likely Allow Mayor Jacob fry to
(33:02):
avoid the kind of pushback on his power that shaped
the last two years the progressive.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
Arm working off of the story here From fox, nine the.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Progressive arm of The Minneapolis City clouncil lost a seat
last week when the Incumbent Katie cashman lost her re
election bid In ward seven to newcomer and Moderate Elizabeth.
Schaeffer the loss of a progressive voice leaves that wing
of the clouncil without the ability to override the mayor
Ol Vito. Well, listen that assumes That schaeffer doesn't cave
(33:33):
to the radical, socialists which the other NON dsa endorsed
candidates have all done in the. Past you, know Is
Elizabeth Shaper schaeffer going to buck the current trend and
that is going out to the public acting like you're
a more Moderate, democrat showing your concern over what's been
taking place In, minneapolis only to get elected and then
(33:56):
to go and just vote in lockstep with a hard
core leftist radical. Socialists i'm certainly not holding my breath
on that particular. ISSUE i, mean it's nice Of fox
and nine to assume that they've lost their radical, majority but,
AGAIN i just simply have no faith or trust in
(34:16):
Any democrat politician right, now to tell the. TRUTH a
string of breaking thefts over the weekend left dozens of
people with a headache and a bill In Minneapolis's Lowry hill.
Neighborhood some residents are calling on city leaders to take
more action to address the. Issue residents in the area
(34:40):
said it feels like nothing is being done to stop
the break ins because people rarely get.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
Caught it just keeps. Happening at about two or three.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
In the, MORNING i heard a car alarm alarms going,
off SO i looked, outside Said krishna U, varjah who lives.
Nearby when she stepped, outside she saw dozens of car
windows smashed Along Fremont Avenue, south with a trail of
shattered glass lining the. Street Minneapolis police say they responded
(35:08):
to the property damage call around five forty five am
after finding several vehicles in the area with broken.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Windows all the.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
Way down to the, church every single window was bust,
out Said Christina, sward who lives in the.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Neighborhood back In, november more than a one hundred.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
Vehicles were damaged across the, city with the thieves taking
valuables from. INSIDE i, mean was anything even stolen or
was just just random violence taking? Place Minneapolis times has
this PIECE i want to. Share it's a lengthy. PIECE
i just want to share with you some some of
the details from.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
IT i just.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
You know what's going, on but when you hear it happen,
firsthand it's it's it's stunning to read and to listen to.
Speaker 5 (35:58):
In your.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Neighborhood have you ever kept a can on your front
porch to deposit the needles found on the? Street the
title of this for The Minneapolis times is some parts
Of minneapolis really do have, crime asking do you have
a can to deposit needles you?
Speaker 2 (36:19):
Found have you ever had.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
A conversation with a neighbor on best to practices on
how to keep drug dealers from congregating in front of your?
HOUSE a sprinkler going in the going in the summer
that reaches out onto the sidewalk works when you leave?
Town do you worry your house or garage will be
(36:41):
invaded if you park on the. Street are you nervous
every time you approach your car because you, may as
you have in the, past find the passenger side window
busted and your glove compartment to rifle.
Speaker 2 (36:52):
Through as we were just talking about In Lowry. Hill
if you have lived near an, encampment have you at.
Speaker 1 (36:59):
Times had to shovel up human waste in your driveway
or had your garbage containers tagged by the city for
inappropriate waste for which you were not. Responsible have you
been told over the phone by a service person that
they do not send their installers to your? Area have
you been menaced by a drug? Dealer have you witnessed
(37:22):
the horrors of addiction on the? Street users walking, by bent,
over yelling at no, one stripping and scratching their, skin
sitting on the sidewalk and just. Nodding do you personally
know a neighbor who's been viciously attacked with a, knife hard,
object or firearm that resulted in a long hospital stay or.
(37:43):
Death were you the victim of such an attack? Yourself
most individuals In minneapolis living in high crime neighborhoods could
answer yes to all those hassles not reported in the daily,
news and some could tell you about the more violent
ones that do grab the, headlines no matter the level they,
(38:04):
are everyday, occurrences sometimes downright. Hardships the DOCUMENTARY A Precarious
stage raises the issue of crime being a problem In.
MINNEAPOLIS a lot of people have pushed, back saying the
crime is not a, problem most Recently Eric roper in
The Star. Tribune in his piece he talks about his
experience living In, minneapolis the lush urbanity Of, minneapolis supplements
(38:29):
the pictures of sunflowers and people lounging along the river,
bank and talking about loving riding his bike in a
protected bike lane on a, beautiful warm. Day and while
this may Be roper's, experience it's not, mine says the article,
writer nor the experience of people in much of the.
CITY i WISH i was among the majority living in
(38:49):
the city who never knew anyone who was. Murdered BUT
i have personally known. Four crime in my part of
the city is far less than six degrees of separation
from my. NEIGHBORS i can't even sadly living in an
environment like, that my family children having to live in
(39:13):
an environment like, That and yet unfortunately it's a commonplace
for the city Of, minneapolis and unfortunately with voters did
very little to change anything regarding the outcome of getting
a grip on any of. That thank you for hanging
out on today's. Show Candidate Adam schwarze in studio also
(39:34):
De Vide gartenstein rossill be joining Us TALK ai at
six point. Thirty if you miss any portion of today's,
show you can check out the. Podcast sam has those
available shortly up on The iHeart or radio.
Speaker 2 (39:45):
APP i hope you.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
Enjoy the rest of Your, monday stay, warm And i'll
talk to you guys tomorrow, morning right around six so.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Five have a great, one Buck. Man what's called a
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