A story out of Slidell is a perfect example of some of the head-scratcher results we get from Medicaid…

The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office arrested a Slidell woman who is accused of Medicaid fraud.

According to a news release, investigators were notified of a complaint from the Louisiana Department of Health accusing Candace Taylor, 35, of committing Medicaid Recipient Fraud. The complaint said Taylor underreported her income to receive Medicaid benefits.

The AG’s Office said that between 2020 and 2024, Taylor applied for and received Medicaid benefits. During that time, Taylor’s businesses reportedly generated over $9.5 million in revenue. In 2020, records show that Taylor’s account recorded deposits of over $480,000, as well as $45,000 in vehicle payments, multiple six-figure withdrawals for property purchases, cosmetic surgery, jewelry, and a $100,000 wire transfer for a 2022 Lamborghini Urus.

In 2024, two months after buying the Lamborghini, Taylor contacted LDH to renew her benefits, claiming that her income was $2,000 per month, omitting the fact that she was a business owner.

After a criminal investigation, agents secured an arrest warrant to arrest and book Taylor into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of government benefits fraud.

So no, if you’ve got businesses doing $9.5 million worth of revenue you aren’t eligible for Medicaid.

And why on earth would you want to?

Medicaid is the worst health insurance on the market. Private health insurance is a thousand times better. And if you can afford a Lamborghini, you can afford a health insurance policy.

But this idiot thought it would be a smart call to get free health insurance from the government that she didn’t qualify for.

And the Democrats – not to mention the hospitals here in Louisiana, who control a certain set of Louisiana legislators, and this was why just before the Big Beautiful Bill passed, you heard all the panicked statements about how there would be a “$4 billion fiscal cliff” in Medicaid funding – threw an unmitigated fit over the idea that people might have to recertify their Medicaid eligibility every six months.

It’s really irritating, if you’re paying attention. And let’s face it, most of us don’t want to. Which is what they count on.

No, we don’t know what business Candace Taylor is in. It’s not a bad guess it’s got something to do with government contracts, and it’s also not a bad guess that most people in Louisiana wouldn’t be eligible for the opportunities that she’s taken advantage of.

And that’s all fine, except that we now see where it leads.

There’s so much more where this came from that it’s depressing.

And that’s why absolutely nobody at Louisiana’s legislature should be moved by any of the whining over “cuts” to Medicaid.