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Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the ...
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Social Security’s dead people and Medicare’s fraudsters are real. But stopping them won’t rescue the federal budget.

Waste, fraud and abuse are real at Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, the head of the government’s top watchdog has confirmed in a rare public comment. That includes outright fraud, medically ...
Newsweek

Dead People Got Inflation Refund Checks in New York

New York state sent out inflation refund checks to dead people, according to a new report from News10NBC. Valerie Liles told the local station that she received a $200 check from New York this month ...
Morningstar

Those millions of dead people supposedly claiming Social Security? It's obvious now that they were bogus.

Elon was seeing dead people. This article has been updated to correct the name of Charles Blahous. Save every nickel you can, watch out for the stock-market bubble and prepare to finance much more of ...
People

At Least 4 People Dead, Multiple Missing as ‘Unthinkable’ Flash Floods Hit Arizona

Search and rescue efforts are being carried out in Arizona after flash floods hit the region on Friday, Sept. 26 At least four people died and several others remain missing after devastating floods in ...
Morningstar

Social Security's dead people and Medicare's fraudsters are real. But stopping them won't rescue the federal budget.

Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office, is the government's top watchdog. Waste, fraud and abuse are real at Medicare, Medicaid and ...
Chicago Tribune

Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that.

WASHINGTON — Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the ...