Health
12/22/2025
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
Posted 9:32 AM 12/23/2025 by FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press
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 independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services.
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