If you were designed to design a welfare program to facilitate fraud. It would probably look a lot like Minnesota's Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program. The HHS program, the first of its kind in the country, was launched with a noble goal to help seniors, addicts, the disabled and the mentally ill secure housing. It was designed with, quote, low barriers to entry and, quote, minimal requirements for reimbursement. Nonetheless, before the program went live in 2020, officials pegged its annual estimated price tag at $2.6 million. (17:55–18:05)
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Asserts that Minnesota's HHS program was the first of its kind in the U.S. aimed at helping vulnerable groups secure housing.
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