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Gingrich, Jindal: Medicare Home-Care Fraud Threatens Trump's Aging-in-Place Push

7/6/2026

Newt Gingrich and Bobby Jindal are pressing Washington to pair Medicare's home-care expansion with stronger fraud enforcement, warning that programs designed to help seniors age in place have become prime targets for sophisticated exploitation.

Writing together, the two Republicans credit President Trump with extending Medicare's Acute Hospital Care at Home program through 2030 and preserving telehealth flexibilities — while arguing those gains cannot endure without tighter oversight.

Federal investigators have already uncovered networks that repeatedly cycled the same Medicare beneficiaries among multiple home health agencies to generate fresh rounds of payments while evading standard detection systems.

Trump's Home-Care Expansion Since returning to office, President Trump signed legislation extending Medicare's Acute Hospital Care at Home program through 2030, allowing eligible seniors to receive hospital-level care without leaving their homes.

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