July 27, 2011 2:19PM 

# NYT Magazine: ‘Surprising…How Willingly’ Medicaid Officials Enable Fraud 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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The *New York Times Magazine* has a lengthy (and not entirely unflattering) [feature](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/magazine/stinger-james-okeefes-greatest-hits.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print) on James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas. Here’s what the profile says about Project Veritas’s ongoing [string of Medicaid-fraud sting videos](http://www.projectveritas.com/node/51):

> It isn’t exactly a secret that some Medicaid money winds up in unqualified hands, but it was surprising to see how willingly minor officials turned a blind eye and, in some cases, even offered advice on how to game the system.

Actually, [it’s not just minor officials](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13235). And when one understands Medicaid, [it’s not surprising either](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ixPkvEINfk).

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