For years, policymakers—and especially Democrats—focused far more on expanding Medicaid than on enforcing even basic standards of accountability. From the look of things, that era may finally be coming to an end.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is demanding records from 11 states as part of a widening investigation into potential Medicaid fraud. It’s just the latest sign that Washington is beginning to recognize the scale of abuse inside one of the nation’s largest entitlement programs.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is also taking a more aggressive approach toward suspected fraud, including withholding or deferring federal Medicaid payments to states while investigations are ongoing. Likewise, President Donald Trump recently named Vice President JD Vance as the administration’s anti-fraud czar.
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Medicaid’s fraud problem has become impossible to ignore
Sally C. Pipes
For years, policymakers—and especially Democrats—focused far more on expanding Medicaid than on enforcing even basic standards of accountability. From the look of things, that era may finally be coming to an end.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is demanding records from 11 states as part of a widening investigation into potential Medicaid fraud. It’s just the latest sign that Washington is beginning to recognize the scale of abuse inside one of the nation’s largest entitlement programs.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is also taking a more aggressive approach toward suspected fraud, including withholding or deferring federal Medicaid payments to states while investigations are ongoing. Likewise, President Donald Trump recently named Vice President JD Vance as the administration’s anti-fraud czar.
The scrutiny is long overdue.
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.