A single address in Columbus, Ohio is home to 94 different companies that billed American taxpayers $66 million in Medicaid home health care services. One address. Ninety-four companies. And as Ben Shapiro laid out in a devastating column for The Patriot Post, this isn’t even the worst example — one landlord’s buildings generated a jaw-dropping $250 million in federal billings.

But sure, tell me again how Medicaid reform is “cruel.”

Here’s how the scam works, and it’s almost insulting in its simplicity. According to investigative journalist Luke Rosiak of The Daily Wire, these operators hang a sheet of paper with a generic name ending in “Home Health LLC” on a door, and they start billing. The services they’re billing for? “Homemaking” — which can mean cooking, cleaning, and household chores. The verification system for whether any of these services are actually performed? Essentially nonexistent.

That’s not a loophole. That’s a welcome mat for criminals.

Ohio’s home health care spending hit roughly $1 billion in 2024 alone. A billion dollars. And when the Department of Justice finally released Medicaid billing data back in February, what they found was a fraud operation hiding in plain sight. Empty offices with window coverings pulled shut. Companies with no employees, no patients, and no services rendered — just invoices.

And here’s the kicker that should make every taxpayer’s blood boil: when anyone tried to look into these operations, the response from the operators was pure, distilled audacity. As one was quoted saying, “I’m going to tell everybody you guys are racist.” That’s their defense. Not “here are our records.” Not “here are our patients.” Just the race card, slapped down on the table like a get-out-of-jail-free card.

For years, it worked.

This is exactly why President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill includes Medicaid reforms that Democrats are screaming about. They call it “gutting the safety net.” No. The safety net got gutted a long time ago — by the people stealing from it. What Trump is trying to do is stop the bleeding.

Democrats want to keep this system exactly as it is. Every dollar of Medicaid “reform” they fight is a dollar that keeps flowing to shell companies at fake addresses billing for services nobody receives. They’re not protecting the vulnerable. They’re protecting the grift.

Ninety-four companies at one address. Think about that. If you tried to register 94 businesses at your house, the IRS would kick down your door before lunch. But when it’s Medicaid money, when it’s your tax dollars, when it’s a government program that nobody in Washington has any incentive to audit? The fraud doesn’t just survive — it thrives.

Two hundred and fifty million dollars from one landlord’s buildings. That’s not waste, fraud, and abuse. That’s a criminal enterprise operating in broad daylight with a government mailing address.

The next time a Democrat tells you that Medicaid cuts will hurt real people, ask them about the 94 companies in Columbus. Ask them about the $66 million. Ask them why they fought to keep the billing data secret in the first place. They won’t have an answer. They never do.