When in doubt, blame COVID.
That’s a big takeaway from the state’s response to revelations of fraud in the Massachusetts SNAP program.
As the Herald reported, a 2024 letter showed that President Biden’s administration urged Gov. Maura Healey to clean up the state’s SNAP program, which was recently found by state and federal authorities, and a whistleblower report, to be the subject of tens of millions of dollars in public benefits fraud.
Up until now, Healey has claimed that allegations of fraud in Massachusetts, labeled by President Trump during the State of the Union address as among the most fraud-ridden states, are simply a “distraction” by Trump to shift focus away from what she says are his failed policies.
Nice try. Until the 2024 letter from the USDA came to light. It urged Healey to improve and bring to “acceptable” levels the Department of Transitional Assistance’s payment…
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