Curtailing provider tax schemes wouldn’t just reduce waste. It would improve the integrity of Medicaid.
Earlier this month, Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., spoke for 25 hours straight, breaking a Senate record. His goal, at least at the outset, was to “defend” Medicare and Medicaid from Republicans’ proposed cuts.
“The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are right now discussing how to cut these programs,” Booker said, to fund “tax cuts for the rich.”
“They’re trying to gut Medicaid,” he warned.
Taxpayers should be so lucky. Medicaid is rife with waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s in dire need of reform.
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End Medicaid Money Laundering
Sally C. Pipes
Curtailing provider tax schemes wouldn’t just reduce waste. It would improve the integrity of Medicaid.
Earlier this month, Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., spoke for 25 hours straight, breaking a Senate record. His goal, at least at the outset, was to “defend” Medicare and Medicaid from Republicans’ proposed cuts.
“The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are right now discussing how to cut these programs,” Booker said, to fund “tax cuts for the rich.”
“They’re trying to gut Medicaid,” he warned.
Taxpayers should be so lucky. Medicaid is rife with waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s in dire need of reform.
Read the op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.