Health and Human Services

Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Helps Secure Indictment Against Two Individuals Accused of $6.9 Million Medicaid Fraud and Kickback Scheme

Attorney General Ken Paxton

An investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the FBI, Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General, and Customs and Border Protection has led to charges being brought against two Houstonians for their role in a nearly $6.9 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme. Ifeanyi Ndubisi Ozoh, 51, and Rene Fernandez Gaviola, 65, acted as manager and operator, respectively, of Floss Family Dental Care clinic in Houston. […]

Paxton Sues Biden Admin Over Its Efforts to Force Abortions in Texas   

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding their use of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to require hospitals to perform abortions. This latest unlawful action by the Biden Administration comes in the face of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and the subsequent triggering of Texas’s abortion ban. By this move, the Biden Administration seeks to […]

Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on HHS Secretary Becerra’s Visit to Fort Bliss

Senator Ted Cruz

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra’s visit to Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base in El Paso, Texas, which is functioning as one of the Biden-Harris administration’s detention facilities for illegal immigrants: “Secretary Becerra’s visit to El Paso, following Kamala Harris’ photo-op last week, is indicative of one thing: the Biden-Harris administration is simply trying to check the attendance box on a border crisis their policies […]