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.

Oh NOES! Out of a $900B budget, Medicaid, an extremely complicated accounting problem, paid a paltry $200 million to dead people.

Why can’t we get articles about how much GOOD Medicaid does people, instead of inflammatory, click-bait bullshit news stories?

  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Meanwhile, the SSA has been making unusual updates to the file itself, adding and removing records, and complicating its use. For instance, the Trump administration in April moved to classify thousands of living immigrants as dead and cancel their Social Security numbers to crack down on immigrants who had been temporarily allowed to live in the U.S. under programs started during the Biden administration.

    Really glad that the journalist for this article waited until the very last line to add the important context of the actual reason that this admin wants the rule.