The administration cut off funding to fake hospice facilities that stole an estimated $1.4 billion.

Posted by Badlands Media, Oct 21, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

Polygraph verdictMixed

Sources: 3 contradict3 support1 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 60%

Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026

The sources support that the administration suspended or withheld about $1.4 billion in Medicare payments to hospice and home health providers suspected of fraud, with roughly 800 hospices cut off. They do not establish that the providers were fake or that the $1.4 billion was stolen, and the $1.4 billion covers home health as well as hospice.

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What was said

… We uncovered 562,000 fraudulent small business loans. Think of it, but not $562,000, $562,000 fraudulent loans, and we cut off funding to hundreds of fake hospice facilities that stole an estimated $1.4 billion, and that number, you can probably multiply times a hundred. So now I'm going to ask JD to speak, jD Vance to speak. …

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What we found

Contradicts. The $1.4 billion is described as payments withheld from providers suspected of fraud, combining home health and hospice, not as hospice-only funding taken from confirmed fake facilities. The claim's 'stole' framing overstates what the sources establish.[5][6][7]

Supports. The White House timeline and Harshbarger's statement say the administration suspended or withheld $1.4 billion in hospice and home health funding nationwide, and Harshbarger's statement says it cut off about 800 hospices suspected of fraud.[3][4]

Supports. AP reports that fraudsters created fake hospices and tricked people into enrolling, and that the Trump administration has pursued a crackdown on hospice fraud in California.[1]

Context. Reuters describes a six-month Medicare enrollment moratorium on new home health and hospice providers, which is separate from the funding cutoff.[2]