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?

  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    This is only 1/3 of what Trump just paid to Florida in “FEMA disaster aid” because they had to shut down Alligator Alcatraz. Its also $30M less than Trump just paid himself in a government settlement for the “pain and suffering” he endured for being investigated over all the classified documents he stole and kept in his bathroom. Its also only 2/3 of the cost the government is paying to build a single ballroom in the White House.

    AP News: “Breaking News: commoners receive a few dollars that they weren’t entitled to! Has Medicaid gone too far this time?”