Federal Benefit Integrity in Action: Why the Same Cleanup Happening in Social Security & Medicare Must Now Happen in Connecticut Medicaid Whistleblower David Medeiros Demands Immediate Federal Investigation

The federal government is finally enforcing eligibility rules. In recent weeks, approximately 300,000 unauthorized individuals were removed from Social Security rolls and over 100,000 from Medicare eligibility directly stopping improper payments that had drained trust funds meant for eligible Americans. This cleanup protects the solvency of programs that disabled U.S. citizens and qualified legal residents depend on. Now the same standard must be applied to Connecticut Medicaid. For years, Connecticut’s Department of Social Services (DSS) has mismanaged tens of millions in documented federal Medicaid dollars while thousands of disabled residents many with brain injuries, autism, or other qualifying disabilities remain illegally segregated on ABI and Autism Waiver waitlists for 5, 8, even 10+ years. State audits confirm: • DSS failed to report $9.6 million in Medicaid revenue losses. • Benefits were issued to deceased clients. • Hundreds of thousands of dollars went to ineligible recipients. • Sloppy eligibility checks and continued payments after denials drained the very federal funds intended for Home and Community-Based Services. Meanwhile, the Autism Waiver alone has 2,652 people waiting some for more than a decade while open slots go unfilled due to poor administration. This is not a “state budget” problem. This is gross mismanagement of federal taxpayer dollars that violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II and the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision. Long HCBS waitlists that force people into institutions or isolation constitute illegal segregation under federal law. As a TBI/stroke survivor, former ABI Waiver provider (ABI Resources LLC), and whistleblower who filed CHRO Case No. 2410220 against DSS, I have lived this failure from both sides. I have archived every document, audit, and communication on david-medeiros.com/livewire. The evidence is public and un-erasable. The federal government that is now cleaning up Social Security and Medicare cannot continue to look the other way while Connecticut wastes the exact same federal Medicaid dollars and violates the civil rights of disabled Americans. I am formally demanding: An immediate HHS Office of Inspector General investigation into Connecticut DSS Medicaid program integrity. A full CMS program-integrity review with potential withholding of federal matching funds until eligibility is cleaned up. A systemic DOJ Olmstead investigation into the multi-year HCBS waitlists that constitute illegal segregation. Families have been financially destroyed. Caregivers have collapsed. Loved ones have deteriorated in isolation all while federal money was being mismanaged. You are not “too expensive.” You are entitled to federal benefits that must be protected with the same rigor now being applied to Social Security and Medicare. This ends when we expose it and when federal agencies finally act. Real Federal Solutions You Can Take Today Report Directly to the Federal HHS Office of Inspector General – Call 1-800-447-8477 or submit at oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/. Demand the same cleanup Connecticut Medicaid desperately needs. File an Olmstead/ADA Complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice – Submit at ada.gov or call (800) 514-0301. Contact Federal CMS – Email Medicaid_Integrity_Program@cms.hhs.gov. Contact Your U.S. Senators and Representative – Send them this article and demand oversight. Preserve Every Record – These are the documents that will force action. Livewire is the un-suppressible public archive. Every submission strengthens the case for federal intervention. Full evidence, audits, CHRO cases, and the complete record live at david-medeiros.com/livewire. This is your un-suppressible voice.