The Bigger Picture: The Closed System in Connecticut Medicaid – Interconnected Political Ties, High-Risk Agencies Receiving Hundreds of Millions, Legislative Oversight by the Same Branch, and Observable Retaliation Against Small Independent Providers and Whistleblowers Forensic Accountability Report: February 19, 2026

February 19, 2026 – The Bigger Picture: The Closed System in Connecticut Medicaid For years I have been showing on david-medeiros.com and ctbraininjury.com that something is very wrong in Connecticut’s Medicaid ABI Waiver Program. Now the full picture is clear. There is a closed system where a small group of large, politically connected organizations receive the vast majority of the money. The Money The February 16, 2026 High-Risk List shows the same few agencies getting hundreds of millions of dollars with extreme single-code concentration: Community Health Center Inc. – $466 million Wheeler Clinic – $92 million Optimus Health Care – $84 million + $29 million The Village for Families & Children – $26 million (100% under one code) Fair Haven, UCFS, Staywell, InterCommunity, Charter Oak Health Center and others all high on the list. The Power Network These big agencies have direct ties to powerful people: Senator Derek Slap has a paid executive job at The Village (the #1 highest-risk agency). Senate President Martin M. Looney has been on the board of Fair Haven for decades. DSS Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves was Board Chair of The Village for many years and is still listed as an Ambassador. The Oversight The State Auditors who are supposed to check the money work for the Connecticut General Assembly the same legislature that includes Senator Slap and Senator Looney. The Financial Gatekeeper Charter Oak Federal Credit Union sponsors UCFS (one of the high-risk agencies) and is the bank where my ABI Resources account was drained of $464,408.26 in unauthorized Google Ads charges while I was whistleblowing. The Retaliation As a small independent ABI provider trying to help brain-injury survivors live at home, I have been hit with unfair referrals, obstruction, and a massive financial attack at the exact time I was exposing the system. My Warnings In my November 2023 Grievance Report and September 2024 Federal Whistleblower Report I warned about exactly this pattern: unfair referrals, retaliation, lack of transparency, and money going to the big connected agencies. The Housing Angle I believe the same network may also control or benefit from subsidized housing and Section 8 apartments, allowing them to collect federal rent money on top of the service money. This is the bigger picture. A small, interconnected group controls the flow of hundreds of millions in Medicaid dollars. The oversight is not independent. Small providers who speak out get targeted and robbed. This is why I filed the federal report with the HHS Office of Inspector General today (Aniya, 11:26 am EST). The receipts are public. The pattern is public. The federal government now has everything it needs. I will continue to document the full system on my websites. Full Sources (All Public – February 18, 2026) February 16, 2026 Confidence v2 High-Risk List My 2023 Grievance Report and 2024 Federal Intervention Report Official bios for Senator Slap, Senator Looney, and Commissioner Reeves The Village and Fair Haven websites My documented $464k theft timeline on david-medeiros.com and ctbraininjury.com The truth is coming out.