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Somalia's UN Ambassador Linked to Medicaid Fraud Scandal

1/6/2026

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Somalia’s U.N. Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman is linked to Progressive Health Care Services, a home health agency convicted of Medicaid fraud.
O’Neill says Osman was Managing Director of Progressive Health Care Services from 2014 to 2019 while representing Somalia at the U.N.
In response to Minnesota’s day care fraud scandal, O’Neill paused all Minnesota child care payments and froze funding to all states pending investigation.

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Somalia’s U.N. Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman is linked to Progressive Health Care Services, a home health agency convicted of Medicaid fraud.
O’Neill says Osman was Managing Director of Progressive Health Care Services from 2014 to 2019 while representing Somalia at the U.N.
In response to Minnesota’s day care fraud scandal, O’Neill paused all Minnesota child care payments and froze funding to all states pending investigation.