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Tom Tiffany: “We're seeing millions of dollars as a result of the federal…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Tom Tiffany one-on-one with CBS 58's Meredith Hackler

Published | Video Starts at 19:34

There is $1.6 million of food stamps that were laundered through a gas station right here in Milwaukee over the course of three years. That's basically. That's theft, stealing from the taxpayers. We're seeing millions of dollars as a result of the federal efforts right now in Wisconsin where Medicaid dollars are being stolen, including right here in Milwaukee. We need to make sure we root out that fraud. Now, state government is not helping with this at this point. Governor Ebers has said there's very little fraud. (19:34–19:45)

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Asserts that millions of Medicaid dollars are being stolen in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee.

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