Chris Medrano and Brian Blase write for the Federalist about the importance of enforcing Medicaid work requirements. In the Working Families Tax Cut Act — also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill — Congress required…
When a family opens a health insurance bill and sees a higher premium, the problem is obvious, and the hunt for a better deal often begins. What is less obvious is whether lawmakers will diagnose the problem…
Fraud in government programs is often treated like an urban legend — something that happens in faraway blue cities run by corrupt political machines. But the truth is more unsettling: Some of the most brazen theft of taxpayer…
Provider taxes are levied on hospitals’ net patient revenues and used to fund the state’s 10 percent share of Medicaid expansion costs, helping draw down federal matching funds that support the program. A provision in last…
As Washington threatens to crack down on fraud and abuse in New York’s Medicaid program, state legislators are doing their best to demonstrate why federal intervention is needed. A glitch in the state’s “surprise billing” law…
As the Trump administration cracks down on fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, New York is a logical place to start. New York spends far more per capita on the safety-net health plan than any other state, and its enrollment…
Gov. Gavin Newsom loves to boast that California is a model for the nation.But there’s one “innovation” you’ll never hear in his stump speech: a Medicaid racket that makes Minnesota’s much-publicized fraud scandals look…
In a previous article, I documented how total Medicaid expenditures in North Carolina surged from $18.14 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2021 to $35.77 billion in FY 2025 — a staggering 97.2 percent increase in just four years.…
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,…
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…
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