Taxpayers footed up to $4.3 billion in duplicate Medicaid payments for hundreds of thousands of patients in recent years

A Wall Street Journal investigation found millions of dollars in duplicate Medicaid payments for Medicaid beneficiaries.

The payments occurred after Medicaid beneficiaries moved and began receiving coverage in their new home state without being disenrolled in their previous state.

The massive waste was highlighted by Trump senior adviser Elon Musk , who has focused on cleaning up excessive government spending and slashing budgets of numerous federal agencies.