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Trump's legislation will require more Medicaid patients to work. In two states that tried it, many lost coverage.
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Promoting President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending bill over the past few months, Trump and Congressional Republicans have repeatedly cited “waste, fraud, and abuse” as the reason for cutting ...
A $14.6 billion web of deceit that stretched across the country has prompted a massive federal crackdown in the U.S. health ...
The alleged Medicaid fraud is estimated to have cost taxpayers a half-billion dollars. "The defendants worked a fraud on Medicaid," said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
Medicaid cuts in the new bill could backfire on Republicans during midterms, as fraud cases reveal the need for reform — not deep slashes to coverage.
Douglas R. Robbins, MD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. He lives in Yarmouth. The claims of Medicaid (MaineCare) fraud are, themselves, fraudulent.