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Report Says Billions Lost to Fraud as Federal Programs Flow Through States
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Just The News, Approved, National

Report Says Billions Lost to Fraud as Federal Programs Flow Through States

By Brett Rowland | Just the News Programs in question include Medicaid, food stamps and disaster relief. Twenty federal programs that route nearly $1.1 trillion through state governments – including Medicaid, SNAP and disaster relief – are vulnerable to fraud because of how the money is distributed, the Government Accountability Office reports. The money rarely goes straight from Washington to a recipient. It passes through states, then often to subrecipients, contractors and subcontractors. Every layer, GAO found, adds another entry point for fraud while making oversight harder to enforce. The report is the first in a planned GAO series examining fraud in state-administered programs. It reaffirms the agency's estimate that the government loses between $233 bi...
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Federal Agencies Failed To Stop Nearly $186 Billion In Improper Payments
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Federal Agencies Failed To Stop Nearly $186 Billion In Improper Payments

By Christopher Jacobs | The Federalist Will the public sector ever come to grips with the scale of the problem? The past year-plus has seen a focus on fighting fraud within government programs seemingly unprecedented in recent history. Yet, like the mythical Sisyphus pushing his rock uphill or the many-headed ancient Hydra, each success is seemingly matched by yet another scandalous source of government corruption. Multiple reports in recent weeks show how reformers have their work cut out for them. On the federal level, improper payments continued to grow (although the most recent fiscal year examined included the final months of the Biden administration). Meanwhile, state Medicaid programs have not fully complied with a federal requirement designed to gua...
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Fake Identities Still Approved for Obamacare Subsidies, Watchdog Warns of Systemic Failures
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Fake Identities Still Approved for Obamacare Subsidies, Watchdog Warns of Systemic Failures

By Nicholas Ballasy | Just the News "We were able to get subsidized insurance for fake enrollees. We also found some issues with enrollees' Social Security numbers that could indicate identity fraud. The program's fraud risks were last assessed in 2018, even though the program and its risks have since evolved,” the GAO reported A newly released report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that “fraud risks in the advance premium tax credit (APTC) persist,” despite earlier warnings and reforms.  The APTC is a “subsidy that the government pays to insurance companies to make premiums more affordable for eligible Americans under the Affordable Care Act.” CMS paid nearly $124 billion in APTC in 2024 alone, covering about 19.5 million enrolle...
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