Medicaid
Hochul continues to bribe Big Health with reckless Medicaid spending
For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Kathy Hochul has used the word “unsustainable” to describe her own Medicaid budget. Give her credit for honesty — but not sound fiscal management. Over the four annual budgets on her watch,…
Medicaid mission-creeps its way into the housing business
Lure of federal money leads Wisconsin to embrace bloat, with little prospect for accountability Very few people know it, but Wisconsin’s Medicaid program is in the housing business. Not construction or real estate, but…
Hammond Calls for Restraint on Medicaid Spending
Albany, N.Y. — The state and its taxpayers cannot afford to allow Medicaid spending to keep growing at five times the inflation rate, the Empire Center’s Bill Hammond warns in testimony to be delivered today to the Joint…
Congress could fix entitlement fraud problem if motivated
S.T. Karnick writes for the Federalist about Congress’ role in ending massive entitlement fraud. American taxpayers have been victimized by at least $36 billion and possibly as much as $3 trillion in fraud through federal…
North Carolina designed a Medicaid program that it can’t afford
The North Carolina Medicaid program is on an unsustainable fiscal path. Data from state and national budget reports show that Medicaid expenditures have risen sharply, with growth evident across federal receipts, state…
Is Hochul Really Going to Shut Down the Essential Plan?
Governor Hochul is hingeing a big chunk of her budget – and the state’s health-care system – on a politically fraught gambit: asking the Trump administration to help cover immigrants. Hochul is seeking federal permission to…
Federal auditors seek $1B from California for illegal benefits
Megan Barth writes for the California Globe about an interesting development in the Golden State. In a major escalation of federal oversight, audits by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Trump…
State Delays Disclosing Emails About $1B Home Health Contract
For a third time the state Health Department has postponed releasing records related to a disputed $1 billion Medicaid contract, saying it needs another six weeks or more to locate and redact the materials in question. The…
DEI found its way into Georgia Medicaid
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about a problem plaguing a neighboring state’s Medicaid program. Elected Republicans may have declared war on leftists’ racist DEI ideology in state governments across the country.…
NC’s DOGE-style program discovers lack of transparency at NCDHHS
Hundreds of millions of dollars unaccounted for, department hasn’t filed report of funds on time since 2017 A “mini budget” bill passed this summer included the creation of the “Division of Accountability, Value, and…
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