Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response

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by Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, and Hannah Bassett, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

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At least 40 Native American residents of sober living homes and treatment facilities in the Phoenix area died as state Medicaid officials struggled to respond to a massive fraud scheme that targeted Indigenous people with addictions…
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