CAHC’s Joel White was invited to be a guest on the podcast, Why Should I Trust You? The episode delves into the subject of healthcare fraud. The Trump administration has elevated it into a major political issue.
In this episode, guests discuss what do we actually know about healthcare fraud in America—and what is rhetoric versus reality? Guests include Trump and MAHA supporters, a mother whose child was covered by Medicaid, along with a health reporter from Minnesota and experts on Medicaid program integrity, to ask: how big is the problem really, are we focused on the right issues, and what can we actually agree on?
Hosts:
- Brinda Adhikari
- Tom Johnson
- Maggie Bartlett
- Dr. Mark Abdelmalek
Guests:
- Joel White, President of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage who served as the Staff Director for the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Jacqueline Capriotti, founder and CEO of Health Revolution USA, small business owner and mother of two adults with cystic fibrosis, worked on the Kennedy/MAHA campaign.
- Aaron Everitt, writer and Substacker for Besides the Revolution and House inHabit volunteered for Kennedy campaign.
- Eleanor Hildebrandt, reporter at the Minnesota Star Tribune, has covered the Medicaid fraud issue on the ground there in that state.
- Andy Schneider, health policy expert at Georgetown’s McCourt School who served as a senior advisor at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the Obama administration.
- Wilk Wilkinson, host of the Derate the Hate podcast and director of Media Operations for Braver Angels.