Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
A new Department of Health and Human Services report reveals Medicaid programs made over $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died.
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0 viewpointsSame wire story as other lanes. No original Left take here.
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that.
Ran by 8 outlets across the spectrum· Bangor Daily News, Los Angeles Times
Center
2 viewpointsMedicaid inadvertently pays millions for people already dead. A new law could help fix that
Ran by 8 outlets across the spectrum· WDIO Duluth, The Columbian, +1 more
Right
1 viewpointRan by 8 outlets across the spectrum· MyNorthwest, Breitbart News
Medicaid paid more than $200 million to dead people, and Trump is rewriting privacy laws to fix it