Conservative GOP leaders are urging Medicaid reform in the budget reconciliation bill.
- Representative Chip Roy emphasized stopping wasteful spending and reforming ineffective programs.
- Roy criticized Medicaid expansion in 41 states, noting that federal coverage increased to 75% of costs, exceeding $100 billion annually.
- Over the past decade, improper Medicaid payments have surpassed $1.1 trillion, exacerbated by poor eligibility enforcement.
- Improper payments reached $31 billion in FY2024 and $50 billion in FY2023, out of $880 billion total spending in FY2023.
Reforming Medicaid is seen as crucial to improve outcomes and control costs.
Tags #Government, #Health, #Politics
Lucem News Editor’s Opinion: Apparently, Democrats think $50 billion in Medicaid waste is just “cost of doing business”—Republicans like Rep. Roy are trying to stop flushing taxpayer money down the welfare drain.
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