ON-AIR SEGMENT: Senator Joe Griffo gives insight amidst latest lawsuit filed alleging Medicaid Fraud Related to New York’s $10 Billion Home-Care Program

ALBANY, NY- On Thursday, June 25, 2026, New York State Senator, Joe Griffo, joined North Country News with his latest insight amidst the latest U.S. DOJ lawsuit filed, which alleges Medicaid Fraud Related to New York’s $10 Billion Home-Care Program. 

“New York’s backroom deal with PPL has cost taxpayers millions of dollars and cast countless Medicaid patients to the curb,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald for the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division.

“Today’s action is the latest reminder that the Justice Department is mobilizing every available tool to protect taxpayer-funded programs from fraud and corruption.”

“One of the Justice Department’s key priorities is protecting the public fisc and delivering savings to American taxpayers,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.

“New York’s failure to police a favored vendor that unlawfully siphoned millions of dollars of Medicaid funding is egregious and betrays the public trust. The Justice Department is acting to ensure that federal laws regarding truthful statements and fair dealing in federal health care programs are upheld and to prevent additional harm from being exacted against the public by Public Partnerships LLC and New York.”

Be sure to listen to our latest on-air segment with Senator Griffo for more details:

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