House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), and Select Subcommittee Republicans sent a letter to Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) urging Democrats to shift their efforts from pushing massive, trillion-dollar spending packages to assisting Republicans in rooting out known criminal and fraudulent activity from … Continue reading Democrats refuse to investigate $87.3 billion in Medicaid fraud
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In 2020, 1 in 5 Medicaid payments was fraudulent.
“We know what unprecedented government interference and unfettered spending does to the economy. Look at the cost of gas or groceries. Do we want to inflict that damage on our health care system? The same system that accomplished life-saving scientific, technological, and logistical feats during the COVID-19 pandemic."
In fiscal year 2020, one out of every five Medicaid payments was improper and amounted to $86.9 billion.