呼吸治疗师向加州医保开出四千万 鲁福:账单全是欺诈红旗Respiratory Therapist Billed California Medicaid $40 Million; Rufo: Experts Saw Every Fraud Flag

【天网美西时间2026年9月2日讯】(天网义工编辑)
【Tianwang West Coast Time, September 2, 2026】(Edited by Tianwang Volunteer)

美西时间9月2日(周三)上午约9时13分,调查记者克里斯托弗·鲁福(Christopher Rufo)在X发布独家视频,称加州一名呼吸治疗师向州医助(Medi-Cal)开出约4000万美元账单,随即购买豪车、私人飞机、度假和卡戴珊住宅附近的大宅。鲁福说:“专家告诉我们,这全是欺诈红旗。”

At about 9:13 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, September 2, investigator Christopher Rufo posted an exclusive video on X: a California respiratory therapist had billed the state’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, about $40 million, then bought sports cars, private jets, resort stays and a mansion near the Kardashian houses. “The experts told us it had all the red flags for fraud,” Rufo said.

同日美东下午1时34分(约合美西上午10时34分),埃里克·多尔蒂转发该视频,要求立刻调查,称加州在“把税款送走”。

At 1:34 p.m. Eastern the same day (10:34 a.m. Pacific), Eric Daugherty quoted the video and called for an immediate probe, saying California was “giving away” tax dollars.

鲁福与《城市杂志》(City Journal)同日刊出长稿《HeroCare如何赚到四千万》。文中写:当事人柯蒂斯·库尔科瓦(Curtis Kurkova)持呼吸治疗执照,公司名HeroCare。医保数据显示,该公司自2020年以来至少入账约4050万美元,其中约3440万集中在2023至2024年。2020年账单仅约7800美元,2021年约39.65万,2022年约568万,2023年约1556万,2024年一年约1886万

Rufo and City Journal published the same day “How Did HeroCare Make $40 Million?” The subject, Curtis Kurkova, holds a respiratory-care license. His firm, HeroCare, appears in Medicaid data as having taken at least about $40.5 million since 2020, of which about $34.4 million came in 2023–2024. Billings ran about $7,800 in 2020, $396,500 in 2021, $5.68 million in 2022, $15.56 million in 2023 and about $18.86 million in 2024 alone.

稿件称,库尔科瓦以LLC成员身份签署一处约2800万美元房产文件,后又签下近1900万美元银行贷款确认;三个月后他在Instagram上传宅邸照片,配文“Checkmate”。丈夫在网上晒财富。调查组说跟了几个月钱,公司经营痕迹与账单规模对不上,网站写儿科呼吸产品,账单里还有导管类项目。鲁福称人似乎已“消失”。

The report said Kurkova signed as a member of an LLC on a property of about $28 million, then signed papers confirming a bank loan of nearly $19 million. Three months later he posted mansion photos on Instagram captioned “Checkmate.” His husband displayed the couple’s wealth online. After months on the money trail, the reporters wrote, they found little evidence the company existed at the scale of the bills. The website spoke of pediatric respiratory products; the claims also included catheters. Rufo said Kurkova and HeroCare appeared to have vanished.

截至发稿,尚未看到针对此人的刑事起诉或法院判决。这是调查报道加公开支付数据的异常,不是定罪。账单暴涨、豪宅和“空壳经营”是红旗,红旗要由检察官、医保反欺诈部门用传票和审计来核实。

As of this report there is no public criminal charge or court finding against him. The story is investigative reporting plus odd payment data, not a conviction. A billing spike, a mansion and a thin operating trail are red flags. Red flags have to be tested by prosecutors and Medicaid integrity units with subpoenas and audits.

加州医助是全美最大的州级医保之一,开支以千亿美元计。鲁福团队此前多次写该州居家护理、失业金等项目的流失。把一个公司的四千万写成整个加州医保的缩影,需要更多案子和官方数字;但一个执照治疗师四年账单从几千跳到一年近两千万,而州里没有及时拦住,本身已够写成新闻。

Medi-Cal is one of the largest state Medicaid programs in the country, spending in the hundreds of billions. Rufo’s team has previously written about leakage in California in-home care and unemployment. Treating one firm’s $40 million as a portrait of the whole program needs more cases and official totals. That a licensed therapist’s billings jumped from a few thousand dollars to nearly $20 million in a year, without the state stopping it in time, is already news.

六四天网认为: 穷人的呼吸机钱,不应变成卡戴珊隔壁的钥匙。医保存在,是为了让病人活下去,不是为了让账单变成豪宅。报道尚未等于判决,但纳税人有权要求加州立刻对HeroCare做审计、冻结可疑支付、公布结果。数字对不上,就应查;查完再定性。拖着不查,才是对欺诈最大的纵容。

Tianwang’s view: Money meant for a poor patient’s breathing machine should not become the key to a house next to the Kardashians. Medicaid exists so patients live, not so invoices become mansions. A report is not a verdict. Taxpayers may still demand that California audit HeroCare now, freeze suspect payments and publish what it finds. When the numbers do not add up, look. Name the crime after the look. Leaving the file closed is the surest way to feed fraud.

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(六四天网 综合鲁福X平台视频、《城市杂志》报道及埃里克·多尔蒂转发)
(Tianwang, compiled from Rufo’s video on X, the City Journal report and Eric Daugherty’s quote-post)

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