Ohio Auditor Flags Possible $4.4 Billion in Ineligible Medicaid Claims

The auditor called for ‘less trusting, more verifying’ during a congressional task force hearing. Democrats questioned Republicans’ motives.

Ohio Auditor Keith Faber testifies at the first meeting of a House of Representatives task force examining government-program fraud in Ohio on June 3, 2026. House of Representatives/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, in testimony to a new congressional task force in Washington on June 3, said his office recently found that nearly 16 percent of Medicaid claims were “ineligible,” which could total $4.4 billion in fraud.

Those findings were part of a comprehensive audit released earlier this year, Faber told the Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses.