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New Mexico Political Report
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Healthcare

Expert: Court documentation of HSD scandal ‘unprecedented’

Two things about New Mexico’s scandal over the state allegedly falsifying applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program stand out to Samuel Chu. The first is documentation of the scandal in federal court, which in May included three top state Human Services Department officials refusing to answer a total of nearly 100 questions from lawyers. […]