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The programs grew faster than anyone could watch

Source: FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul · original. Hosted copy unaltered except as noted on this page; rights remain with the publisher.

Fourteen Medicaid programs Minnesota itself marked high-risk went from $1.51 billion in 2018 to $4.32 billion in 2025. Autism services went from $6 million to $443 million. Total Minnesota Medicaid did not outgrow the country. These waivers did. The daycare file is older still: FOX 9 was on it in 2013.

The record for this act

Baillon, Deqo / Yasmin Ali 2013-02-27 video
Baillon / Halicki 2015-02-24 video
CCAP, Child Care Assistance Program 2017-01-01 program
The 14 high-risk Medicaid programs 2018-01-01 program
EIDBI, early intensive autism services 2018-01-01 program
Housing Stabilization Services 2018-01-01 program
Individualized Home Supports 2018-01-01 program
CACFP / SFSP meal programs 2020-01-01 program
Integrated Community Supports 2021-01-01 program
Night supervision 2021-01-01 program
American Experiment tracking page 2024-02-16 index
Autism providers and the new licensure requirement: 6 of 500, then 433 of 481 2026-02-25 event

$18Bbilled by the 14 high-risk programs since 2018, per the CMS pull Thompson read

half or moreThompson's reading of that file, December 18, 2025

$1.51B → $4.32Bthe 14 programs, 2018 to 2025

$6.1M → $443Mautism services (EIDBI), 2018 to 2025

~$250Mcharged loss in the meal case; Bock: 500 months, $243M restitution

64 → 36assistant U.S. attorneys in the Minnesota office

Program spending, millions of dollars. DHS extract via Freedom Foundation of Minnesota (Apr 13, 2026) and Minnesota Reformer (Apr 21, 2026). Blank years were not itemized.

Charged dollars are the floor. The claims file is the measurement. They are different numbers and this site keeps them apart.