Walter Curt of Restoration News Media said May 26 that Medicaid fraud investigations have found “ghost corporations” billing taxpayers through state Medicaid programs.
“Ghost corporations are billing hundreds of millions to taxpayers while Democrats in power look the other way,” Curt said in a Restoration News interview. “The government has been writing checks to empty buildings. And nobody was supposed to find out. No guns, no masks—just shell corporations, recycled names, empty buildings, and a government that never bothered to check whether a million-dollar daycare had any children in it.”
Curt made the comments during an appearance on the Restoration Spotlight podcast, where he discussed patterns of Medicaid fraud identified through public records, billing data, and site visits. The investigation focused on non-operational entities that allegedly received payments despite having no staff, patients, or services at the listed addresses, Restoration News reported.
Medicaid home health spending increased by $22 billion per year by 2024 compared with 2019 levels, even though the growth occurred without direct congressional approval. Restoration News said the increase coincided with claims from providers that independent probes later connected to shell companies and addresses where care was not being delivered. Federal oversight reviews cited in the report estimate annual Medicaid fraud in the tens of billions of dollars.
In Michigan, Medicaid payments across five billing codes rose by more than $350 million in one year after Democrats gained full control of the state government. Public records showed payments to dissolved companies, demolished buildings, and offices with no staff or patients, while similar cases in Ohio and other states involved refugee-service operators and behavioral health nonprofits receiving funds without adequate monitoring, according to Restoration News.
Curt serves as a senior fellow at Restoration of America and leads investigations into government waste, fraud, and abuse. He founded WC Dispatch and previously worked as a mechanic before turning to full-time journalism focused on taxpayer accountability.