Medicare Advantage, Privatized Medicaid Could Cost Americans $2 Trillion Extra Over Next Decade

Medicare Advantage, Privatized Medicaid Could Cost Americans $2 Trillion Extra Over Next Decade

"If the administration were serious about curbing waste and inefficiency, it would start by reducing the diversion of public funds to these corporate intermediaries," argues a new paper.

The Real Fraud, Waste, And Abuse: Medicare And Medicaid Privatization – RamaOnHealthcare

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have taken a chainsaw to the US federal government, slashing programs, personnel, research, and global aid. The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) budget reconciliation package, meanwhile, cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act over the next decade—adding [...]