Aaron Ford Refuses to Answer Why He Doesn’t Prosecute the Majority of Medicaid Fraud Cases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 10, 2026

LAS VEGAS -- Rather than answer straightforward questions about his Medicaid fraud record, Aaron Ford's campaign is trying to change the subject.

Assemblyman Blayne Osborn, who sat on the special Assembly Committee on Health and Wellness, asked the Nevada Health Authority a simple series of oversight questions about Nevada's Medicaid fraud recovery process. The agency's responses raised legitimate questions about the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that Aaron Ford still refuses to answer.

According to the Nevada Health Authority:

60% of Medicaid fraud referrals submitted by Nevada Medicaid between 2019 and June 2026 were not accepted by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for criminal prosecution.
Nevada Medicaid stated it could not verify Attorney General Ford's claim that his office recovered more than $40.9 million through Medicaid fraud restitution because it does not have sufficient information regarding those recoveries.
The agency directed those questions back to the Attorney General's Office.

And now, Aaron Ford is coming up with conspiracy theories instead of just answering two simple questions: why did you fail to prosecute 60 percent of Medicaid fraud cases and where is the money you claim to have recovered?

"This isn't complicated. Assemblyman Osborn asked simple questions about Medicaid fraud. Nevada's own Medicaid agency answered them. Aaron Ford responded with conspiracy theories instead of answers,” said Halee Dobbins, Lombardo for Governor Spokesperson. "Notably, Ford doesn’t deny that 60% of Medicaid fraud referrals were never prosecuted, and he doesn’t explain why Nevada Medicaid couldn’t verify his $40.9 million recovery claim. Ford should answer the questions instead of attacking the people asking them.”

"One of the worst kept secrets around the Capitol is that Aaron Ford may be overstating his record. Unsurprisingly, a state legislator with extensive experience in health care policy wanted to ask straightforward questions about how Nevada investigates, prosecutes, and recovers Medicaid fraud. The Nevada Health Authority promptly responded with the information it had. Rather than answer the legitimate questions raised by that response, Aaron Ford is resorting to conspiracy theories. Nevadans deserve answers – not distractions." -Halee Dobbins, Lombardo for Governor Spokesperson

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