Trump administration touts billions in identified waste with much more work to be done

Описание: As the Trump administration marks one year back in power, officials are pointing to aggressive efforts to root out government waste, fraud and abuse as a central accomplishment of President Donald Trump’s second term — even as new watchdog findings underscore the scale of the challenge ahead.
Administration officials say they have identified waste across multiple federal agencies, from housing programs to health care and food assistance, while moving to recover funds and tighten oversight.
At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, officials say an early review uncovered nearly $1.9 billion in what they described as misplaced funds. “We want to be good stewards of taxpayer money — American taxpayer money,” HUD Secretary Scott Turner said.
Health care spending remains a major focus. At the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Chief of Staff Stephanie Carlton said the agency has established a centralized “war room” bringing together lawyers, policy experts and technology specialists to analyze billing data and intervene earlier in cases of suspected fraud.
“The goal is not just to catch fraudsters after the money goes out the door,” Carlton said. “It’s to stop the fraud before it ever leaves.”
Despite those efforts, a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general highlights persistent vulnerabilities. The semiannual watchdog report identified roughly $19 billion in waste, fraud and questionable spending within federal health care programs over a six-month period that includes much of President Trump’s second term.
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