“Improper Medicaid Payments Have Soared since Obamacare,” by Brian Blase and Hayden Dublois, National Review

 

Quote:

“The true Medicaid improper-payment rate now exceeds 25 percent, meaning that more than one in every four dollars spent in the Medicaid program — or more than $100 billion in federal spending each year — is in violation of program rules. It turns out that millions of Medicaid enrollees are ineligible for the program — in most cases because they earn too much income, but in others because they are not lawful residents. The media, to date, have virtually ignored the issue; but taxpayers are being fleeced, and we can’t fix the problem until people know and understand what’s happening.”

LTC Comment, Steven Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

Important article; please read it. Not news to the Center for Long-Term Care Reform’s readers as we’ve been exposing this problem and recommending solutions for over two decades. The improper payment issue goes far beyond Medicaid’s LTC program but the damage to private LTC financing options, including LTCI, is obvious.