Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that officials within his agency were instructed during the administration of former President Joe Biden to focus on expanding enrollment in federal programs rather than enforcing anti-fraud measures.
“One of the things that I found out from people in my agency was they were ordered by the Biden White House not to do program integrity — in other words, not to enforce against fraud,” Kennedy said in remarks that have drawn significant attention.
He added that staff were allegedly told to prioritize “getting more and more people into the system,” a claim that, if substantiated, could raise serious concerns about oversight of taxpayer-funded programs.
As of now, no official documents or independent investigations have publicly confirmed the existence of such a directive. Representatives of the previous administration have not issued a response to the allegation.
