Medicaid has wasted staggering amounts of taxpayer money on improper payments in recent years — nearly $543 billion between 2015 and 2024, according to the federal government’s own data.
Vice President J.D. Vance’s effort to clean up waste in Medicaid began in earnest last month, with the first meeting of the administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
Judging from a new federal report, he’s got his work cut out for him.
The study, issued last month by the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), found that Medicaid fraud convictions increased in 2025, as did the number of fraud cases opened.
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Trump’s War on Medicaid Fraud Finally Gains Steam
Sally C. Pipes
Medicaid has wasted staggering amounts of taxpayer money on improper payments in recent years — nearly $543 billion between 2015 and 2024, according to the federal government’s own data.
Vice President J.D. Vance’s effort to clean up waste in Medicaid began in earnest last month, with the first meeting of the administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
Judging from a new federal report, he’s got his work cut out for him.
The study, issued last month by the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), found that Medicaid fraud convictions increased in 2025, as did the number of fraud cases opened.
Read the op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.