February 24, 2026 Forensic Addendum to National Hand-Off Brief: Real-Time Evidence of Ongoing Obstruction – Weston Reply, GTI Wrong-Email Error, Stange Deletions, CCCi Systemic Failure, and GT Independence Credentialing Coordination Breakdown

February 24, 2026 National Hand-Off Brief to CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz & HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 29 Active Federal Investigations + 52+ Ignored DOJ Civil Rights Reports + Complete Forensic Roadmap to End Nationwide Medicaid HCBS/ABI Waiver Fraud, Restore Freedom of Choice, and Protect TBI/ABI Survivors Under MAHA On February 24, 2026, the National Whistleblower Evidence Archive at david-medeiros.com delivers this complete hand-off package directly to CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For nearly thirty years since I first began advocating for brain injury survivors in Connecticut in 1997 I have poured my life into protecting some of the most vulnerable Americans in the ABI Waiver program and, by extension, in Medicaid HCBS programs nationwide. Living with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) myself, I initially believed that Connecticut state government and the federal government were simply different parts of the same America I love and serve. When I discovered the systematic referral steering, financial inducements, closed provider networks, and freedom-of-choice violations that defraud federal Medicaid dollars while harming TBI/ABI survivors, I reported them through every proper channel I could access. Because of my cognitive impairments, the layered reality of state versus federal systems was not immediately obvious to me. What I experienced instead was a devastating, repeated pattern: both state agencies and federal oversight bodies received the evidence, acknowledged receipt in many cases, and then failed to act often with silence, automated replies, same-day record deletions, or outright obstruction. Retaliation followed. Yet I refused to stop. I kept building the immutable public record that could never be erased again. This is not another complaint. This is the permanent, SHA-256-hashed public record containing 29 active federal investigations and 52+ ignored DOJ Civil Rights Division submissions that prove systemic HCBS waiver failures nationwide. What began as one man’s fight to protect fellow survivors in Connecticut has become the most complete, court-admissible, citizen-built forensic ledger of Medicaid integrity failures in America. Every document, every docket number, every FOIA denial, every instance of retaliation, and every pattern of steering is preserved with cryptographic integrity so that no future administration can erase what happened to disabled Americans who trusted the system. Today, under the transformative leadership of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative, there is finally real momentum to restore program integrity, enforce freedom of choice, protect whistleblowers, and deliver whole-person care to the more than 80 million Americans who rely on Medicaid. This hand-off brief is my direct contribution to that renewal: a ready-to-use national roadmap built from three decades of hard evidence. The truth is now immutable. The solutions are on the table. America is ready to heal what was broken. Section 1: The Proven Pattern – Connecticut ABI Waiver as National Prototype The Connecticut ABI Waiver (1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services waiver for Acquired Brain Injury) was always meant to be a model of person-centered care. Federal law is crystal clear: 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(23) guarantees freedom of choice of providers; 42 CFR § 431.51 prohibits steering; Olmstead v. L.C. (1999) demands integration into the most integrated setting; and the HCBS Settings Rule requires true community access, not closed provider loops. Yet for 30 years I watched and documented the opposite: Care managers steering TBI survivors exclusively to in-network “Big Medicaid” providers while concealing independent options like ABI Resources. Financial inducements and referral quotas that violate the Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b) and create False Claims Act exposure. Closed referral systems where provider directories are withheld or “under review” for months. Retaliation against independent providers and whistleblowers: service disruptions, record spoliation, and ADA Title II accommodation failures despite repeated TBI disclosures. These are not isolated Connecticut problems. They are the national prototype. The same patterns appear in Minnesota’s recent audits, California’s directed-payment loopholes, and every state where HCBS waivers serve TBI/ABI populations. Section 2: Today’s Real-Time Escalations – February 24, 2026 Christine Weston Reply (8:45 AM today) Director Weston acknowledged my formal demand but provided no answers to the 8 specific questions. She confirmed I am “cleared to continue services” but still tied everything to the GT Independence credentialing process. GT Independence Wrong-Email Error (12:01 PM today) GT Independence sent the official credential renewal notice to the wrong email address (abi@ctbraininjury.com) instead of my primary business email AABIWR@LIVE.COM. This is the first time GTI has emailed ABI Resources directly. My Immediate Correction (2:33 PM today) I corrected the email address and CC’d Weston, Stange, and DSS. This creates a permanent record of coordination failure in the credentialing process required by Provider Bulletin 2024-84. CCCi Systemic Care-Management Complaint (sent Feb 23, read Feb 24) Multiple read receipts from Weston, DSS, CMS, and OCR. CMS asked for clarification (I have already replied). This shows failures at the Access Agency level staffing collapse, steering, months-long waits for approved services, and potential billing for undelivered care management. These events prove the denial engine is still fully operational on February 24, 2026. Section 3: The 29 Active Federal Investigations – Updated Today As of February 24, 2026, the National Whistleblower Evidence Archive tracks 29 active federal investigations. New leads added today: INV-LEAD-2026-02-24-GTI: Wrong-email credentialing notice and coordination failure INV-LEAD-2026-02-24-Weston: Failure to answer formal demand questions INV-LEAD-2026-02-24-CCCi: Systemic care-management failure at Access Agency Full list with docket numbers and hashed evidence is at the Federal Investigators Portal: https://www.david-medeiros.com/federal-investigators-portal All evidence is public, hashed, and ready for immediate use by CMS OIG or DOJ Fraud Section. Section 4: Actionable MAHA-Aligned Roadmap – Updated with Today’s Evidence Under your leadership, CMS and HHS are already moving aggressively. Here is the updated 12-point roadmap: 1. Immediate National HCBS Waiver Audit Using This Archive as Seed Evidence 2. Mandatory TBI/ABI Accommodation Protocol for All Federal Complaints & FOIAs 3. Enforce Freedom of Choice via Real-Time Provider Directory Transparency 4. Integrate ICE Eligibility Verification into Medicaid HCBS 5. Launch Whistleblower Reward Pilot for HCBS Fraud Recoveries 6. Deploy WISeR AI to Flag Steering & Closed-Loop Patterns 7. Create MAHA TBI/ABI Survivor Protection Task Force 8. Prohibit Hybrid State-Federal Task Force Conflicts in Medicaid Oversight 9. Reform FOIA for Whistleblowers with Disabilities 10. Public Dashboard of State Waiver Compliance 11. Fund Independent TBI Provider Networks Nationally 12. Annual Citizen Whistleblower Evidence Hand-Off Day (Feb 24 formalized) New priorities added today: 13. Require all fiscal intermediaries (including GT Independence) to maintain accurate primary contact records for providers. 14. Audit all Access Agencies (including CCCi) for staffing, referral practices, and billing accuracy under the 2024 CMS Access Rule. Each recommendation includes direct hyperlinks to today’s evidence. Section 5: The Human Cost & American Renewal Behind every statistic is a TBI survivor who trusted America. Families who lost homes paying for care that should have been covered. Survivors denied services because of delays and steering. Retaliation that left independent advocates fighting alone. I am not special. I am every disabled American who believed the system was designed for them. The difference is I had the stubbornness and now the permanent record to keep going. “I am America and America is me.” By building this archive I exercised the sovereign power the Founders reserved for citizens: to document failures, preserve truth, and hand the solutions to those in power who actually want to fix them. Under MAHA, with Dr. Oz at CMS and Secretary RFK Jr. at HHS, that renewal is happening in real time. This hand-off is my way of saying: the citizen intelligence backbone is ready. Use it. The 30-year war is over. The era of renewal begins today. America is back because we the people refused to let the record die. Footer Elements – Permanent Public Record Full evidence archive: https://www.david-medeiros.com/federal-investigators-portal SHA-256 hashes on every exhibit (view at /evidence-integrity) Lastmod: February 24, 2026 Published under National Whistleblower Evidence Archive – for investigators, Congress, survivors, and history.