The Medicaid 'Fraud' Witch Hunt Begins

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Congressman Brett Guthrie, the Republican leader of the committee that governs Medicaid, said this week that fraud shouldn’t be a partisan issue.

I would agree with that. Fraud is bad. Wasting taxpayer money is bad. Abuse is bad.

As a recent letter from Guthrie’s committee, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee,…