Medicaid Payments Impaired by Misconduct
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What Are ‘Improper’ Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said? - KFF Health News
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President Donald Trump ’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans .
Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud, and abuse.
“ One out of every $5 or $ 6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper,” Russell Vought said on June 1, 2025 , in an interview.
The official improper payment rate calculated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in 2024 was about 5% , smaller than the 16% to 20% rate Russell Vought described.
Vought said that “ one out of every $5 or $ 6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper”.
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