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Fake sober living homes targeted Native Americans, billed Medicaid billions | Jesse Weber Live

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July 16, 2026

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Attorneys representing as many as 7,000 victims say scammers targeted vulnerable Native Americans with promises of free addiction treatment, transporting them to fraudulent sober living homes in Arizona where providers billed Medicaid up to $8,000 a day per person for care never provided. Advocates and attorneys say the scheme may have cost taxpayers as much as $12 billion, with as many as 2,000 people dead or missing. Attorneys John Brewer and Dane Wood join "Jesse Weber Live."

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