Arizona cracking down on fake rehab centers targeting Native Americans

State and federal authorities say scammers are luring vulnerable Native Americans into fake rehab centers in Arizona and then billing Medicaid for millions in fraudulent claims. Officials say the illicit businesses promise treatment but some seeking help check in and end up missing, assaulted or even dead. NBC News' Valerie Castro reports.
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  • @tripdubb1
    @tripdubb19 ай бұрын

    It’s f***ing disgusting what these fraudsters are doing! Send them to jail!

  • @jockogle5250

    @jockogle5250

    9 ай бұрын

    It's not only native Americans. The whole medical machine is corrupt.

  • @pasques
    @pasques9 ай бұрын

    People are upset with the fake rehab facilities, but is anyone upset with the medicaid system in Arizona for approving them? Is anyone asking "how do we fix this?"

  • @davemathews7890
    @davemathews78909 ай бұрын

    People are despicable.

  • @writerconsidered
    @writerconsidered9 ай бұрын

    What they need is an active auditor (s) investigating these facilities in person and finding out what's really going on. Not based on an allegation but based on inspection of proof of facility. And second all new providers need to be approved after a a full inspection and approval first before they can except government money.

  • @tomhenry897

    @tomhenry897

    9 ай бұрын

    A “ donation “ to elected officials takes care of it

  • @TwoGuns1891
    @TwoGuns18919 ай бұрын

    We have Blackfeet Tribal Member’s down there, and we are a Montana Tribe. Our own had to go down and look for their children. These young adults are taken to bogus treatment centers.

  • @user-ey5kw5xb4e

    @user-ey5kw5xb4e

    9 ай бұрын

    My heart hurts for these people and their families. Randomly picking up people to just drive off with... How do we know they're all going to the places told?

  • @TwoGuns1891

    @TwoGuns1891

    6 ай бұрын

    @@user-ey5kw5xb4e When this Started, like the very 1st group that went to AZ, family could not contact them for awhile. Some were found on the streets through Tik Tok videos & such. Our Treatment Center still sent our people to AZ, even after what happened to the 1st group.

  • @aryeh155
    @aryeh1559 ай бұрын

    They should investigate a rehab facility like this in manistee Michigan that opened a little over a decade ago targeting primary tribal affiliated people and only a few miles from the reservation.

  • @kat8838

    @kat8838

    9 ай бұрын

    In Wisconsin they had my kid a few years and kept bad mouthing him to the court unfairly. They go for anyone on SSI or tribal payments. He was over fed, exploding in weight, and would have died from being fat if he stayed there.

  • @nha3920
    @nha39209 ай бұрын

    This is so shameful.😮

  • @christinasornbutnark1208
    @christinasornbutnark12089 ай бұрын

    This is terrible what kind of ppl do this? That said; That was a tiny warning. It’s an advertisement for the Native Health Clinic which is fine. But call it what it is a clear advertisement.

  • @redblanket647
    @redblanket6479 ай бұрын

    This is very upsetting

  • @user-dd2lp7xg7j
    @user-dd2lp7xg7j9 ай бұрын

    I saw a young black couple recruiting homeless female addicts at Flagstaff AZ Walmart parking lot. It felt very shady. You could tell were paying the mortgage by way of these people.

  • @gabrielkessay6629
    @gabrielkessay66296 ай бұрын

    Who do I reach out to when I suspect something like this happening. Please help.

  • @PandaHead602
    @PandaHead6029 ай бұрын

    If they can’t come up on U they will dump U where ever U are

  • @bobrod5834
    @bobrod583410 күн бұрын

    Unacceptable

  • @leek4694
    @leek46948 ай бұрын

    I've encountered a incident like this right at Indian and 23 at just hearing this is crazy m8.

  • @BibleDecoded-qo2qv
    @BibleDecoded-qo2qv9 ай бұрын

    Why are they not building and letting them work

  • @JaVi-wf1gl
    @JaVi-wf1gl8 ай бұрын

    Wow

  • @gueenvictoria64
    @gueenvictoria648 ай бұрын

    Sad

  • @SavageOGOnGo
    @SavageOGOnGo6 ай бұрын

    Plz give out the names of the scammers...

  • @jockogle5250
    @jockogle52509 ай бұрын

    Corruption, capitalism. Same difference when medical care, mental health care, addiction treatment, animal treatment and politics are involved.

  • @matthewdurand72
    @matthewdurand729 ай бұрын

    This is terrible

  • @EstebanGunn
    @EstebanGunn9 ай бұрын

    So like the ending of A Scanner Darkly.

  • @rhiannonblue5988
    @rhiannonblue59886 ай бұрын

    This should have gone to the FBI years ago when the tribes went to the state to investigate. People have died, many are missing. This is a very serious targeting of indigenous people.

  • @belindadumont2061
    @belindadumont20619 ай бұрын

    Show respect to the elders and native Americans. Don’t trick Native Americans, we are smart people,

  • @tomhenry897
    @tomhenry8979 ай бұрын

    What about the rest of us

  • @freddyplush2.050
    @freddyplush2.0508 ай бұрын

    They're grown adults.

  • @Wizardof
    @Wizardof6 ай бұрын

    Keep your eyes out for P.A.A.R.I.....

  • @bellagirlgirl8827
    @bellagirlgirl88278 ай бұрын

    I guess SCAMMING has become nearly legal bc no one stops it.

  • @JustaHillbilly-eq9ov
    @JustaHillbilly-eq9ov9 ай бұрын

    We're is the FBI now oh still after trump

  • @BrowncoatGofAZ
    @BrowncoatGofAZ2 ай бұрын

    (Sigh) the exploitation continues…

  • @PandaHead602
    @PandaHead6029 ай бұрын

    They r all down town some where u guys stranded

  • @rogerboswell5483
    @rogerboswell54839 ай бұрын

    If your are a native never talk non natives.. Thats what i did and i am 64.

  • @PandaHead602
    @PandaHead6029 ай бұрын

    All African owners U see African owner run !

  • @thingsibethinkin.8893
    @thingsibethinkin.88939 ай бұрын

    Those are not natives

  • @nahbruv3621
    @nahbruv36219 ай бұрын

    Learn to tax shelter or learn to be poor

  • @stevenwendellnelson5228
    @stevenwendellnelson52289 ай бұрын

    Instead of just saying you belong to a religion why don't you practice daily prayer? Worship the LORD GOD everyday, pray everyday, even if it's only once a day. It will help you 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @davemathews7890

    @davemathews7890

    9 ай бұрын

    Very doubtful.