# As Team Trump saves billions by beating welfare fraud, Dems scream ‘cruelty’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/as-team-trump-saves-billions-by-beating-welfare-fraud-dems-scream-cruelty/
- Published: 2026-11-03T23:26:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T08:49:43+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/opinion/team-trump-beats-welfare-fraud-democrats-scream-cruelty/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Federal benefit enrolment has fallen across three major programmes.
- New York Medicaid spending is projected at $134 billion this year.
- The article frames fraud enforcement as taxpayer protection.

## Summary

The article argues that the Trump administration’s tighter eligibility rules and fraud enforcement have reduced enrolment in federal food assistance, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act plans, presenting the declines as savings for taxpayers. It criticises Democrats who describe the changes as harmful to people who rely on support, and contrasts federal policy with rising Medicaid spending in New York.

It cites 5.5 million fewer SNAP participants, a 13% drop; 5.1 million fewer Medicaid cases, nearly 7%; and 4.6 million fewer ACA enrollees, including people with “ghost” policies. In New York, Medicaid spending is projected to reach $134 billion this year, up $45 billion in five years, while spending on a home-care programme grew from under $1 billion in 2016 to over $11 billion in 2024. These figures and claims are presented by the article as evidence of fraud, though the text does not independently establish how much of the reductions or spending growth is attributable to fraud.

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