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I have reported Medicaid/Medcare fraud to my AG about a company operating in my area for over a year now ! My caseworker/supervisor has turned in reports and records and recorded proof of fraud and employee abuse etc… to the AG for over a year now. The only thing we can see that has happened is that they relocated about 10 miles away, changed the name of the company and reopened it in her brother’s name under some LLC…. All the same people, all the same crooks, Nothing changed… What’s a person to do ? Of course I as a blind disabled senior citizen with a terminal illness am no longer doing business of any kind with these people and neither is my caseworkers company… But they continue to thrive, and that’s on taxpayers money and trust me it is NOT being spent where they say it is ! #WelfareLoophole #SNAPFraud

This group home that lost it’s license but still operates like nothing changed has about 5 or 6 houses, scattered all around the valley in multiple different types of communities. Some of the homes have upwards of 20 ppl in them.. They force all new residents into getting snap benefits and they must “contribute to the organization” I don’t see how buying the owner steaks and ribs contribute to the organization.. He doesn’t even provide toilet paper! #WelfareLoophole #SNAPFraud

My neighbors all are married in Dominican Republic and came here on visas married American citizens so did there spouse and now they live together collecting government benefits.brought mother, father, kids and many family members they work of the books . #WelfareLoophole #SNAPFraud

Questions that make you think. FACTS: Foreign born Neighbors bought house with a thousand dollar deposit. During the past decade they have 3 kids. Wife has never worked. They received WIC. Husband is a minimum wage factory worker. They use 3 different names that I know of. I asked the girl what her name was and she couldn’t tell me. They have 3 expensive vehicles. They built a studio in basement which they rent out. Children have expensive musical instruments. This year added an extension to house. Every year they have numerous individuals visiting from the DR which they claim are cousins. Now her mother comes here and gets a Section 8 apartment with all medical benefits and Snap. Supposedly she was a nurse in her country. How does that happen? My thoughts are WHERE IS ALL THE MONEY COMING FROM? Americans are having a hard time paying their bills and yet these people have no problem getting money! Enough is enough, where are the investigations! #WelfareLoophole #SNAPFraud

My Story From the Inside

I don’t usually talk about this, but since everyone’s sharing their experiences, here’s mine. A few years ago, I worked at a small neighborhood grocery store. Nothing fancy — just a place where everyone knew everyone. What I started noticing, though, didn’t sit right with me. There was a man who came in almost every week, always with a brand-new pair of sneakers or the latest phone. He’d buy energy drinks, name-brand snacks, and cigarettes — all with cash. But the moment he grabbed food items, out came the EBT card. One day, after chatting a bit too casually, he told one of my coworkers: “I keep my income low on paper so I don’t lose my benefits. Why would I work more if the government pays better?” I’m not judging poverty — I’ve been broke, I’ve depended on assistance, and I know what it’s like to count every dollar. But this felt different. Not survival. Just manipulation. And what bothered me wasn’t him alone — it was watching the elderly woman behind him buy two cans of soup with quarters because she didn’t qualify for anything. It felt unfair in a way that’s hard to put into words. I don’t think programs like SNAP are the problem. They’re essential. They save lives. But loopholes? They eat away at trust. They make people who genuinely need help feel judged. And they make workers like me feel stuck in the middle of something no one wants to talk about. Just sharing what I saw — not to shame anyone, but because these small moments shape how communities feel about the system. #WelfareLoophole