Taxpayers Spent Billions Covering the Same Medicaid Patients Twice

Report: Medicaid Misspent $4.3 Billion in Duplicate Payments | The Star News Network

by Fred Lucas   Taxpayers spent at least $4.3 billion over a three-year period covering the same Medicaid patients twice, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Medicaid paid health insurance companies for hundreds of thousands of patients who signed up for the program in two or more separate states. This happened when a patient moved to a different state but Medicaid continued paying the insurance company in the state where the resident pre…

$4.3 billion to cover Medicaid patients … TWICE! * WorldNetDaily * by Jeremy Portnoy, Real Clear Wire

Some patients insured in 5 different states at the same time

Waste of the Day: $4.3 Billion to Cover Medicaid Patients Twice ⋆ Conservative Firing Line

The following article, Waste of the Day: $4.3 Billion to Cover Medicaid Patients Twice, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Topline: States and the federal government spent $4.3 billion on Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of patients who were already insured in other states, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal that used data from 2019 to 2021. Key facts: Private companies that insure Medicaid patients get paid each …

Report: Medicaid Misspent $4.3 Billion in Duplicate Payments - The Michigan Star

by Fred Lucas   Taxpayers spent at least $4.3 billion over a three-year period covering the same Medicaid patients twice, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Medicaid paid health insurance companies for hundreds of thousands of patients who signed up for the program in two or more separate states. This happened when a patient moved to a different state but Medicaid continued paying the insurance company in the state where the resident pre…

DOGE Reveals How $4.3 Billion in Medicaid Waste Slipped Through the Cracks

Taxpayers paid billions in duplicate Medicaid coverage between 2019 and 2021 as patients moved states without being disenrolled from their previous plans. Major insurance companies received hundreds of millions in overpayments, and the government is only now trying to fix it. Key Facts: From 2019 to 2021, taxpayers funded up to $4.3 billion in duplicate Medicaid payments. About 660,000 patients each year were enrolled in Medicaid in more than o…

Report: Medicaid Misspent $4.3 Billion in Duplicate Payments

Taxpayers spent at least $4.3 billion over a three-year period covering the same Medicaid patients twice, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.  Medicaid paid health insurance companies for hundreds of thousands of patients who signed up for the program in two or more separate states. This happened when a patient moved to a different state but Medicaid continued paying the insurance company in the state where the resident previously lived. …