Continetti: Medicaid Issues Are ‘Kryptonite to Republicans’

Washington Free Beacon Staff
November 14, 2019 10:56 PM

Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti argued Thursday that the issue of Medicaid could play a pivotal role in the Louisiana gubernatorial race, just as it did in former gov. Matt Bevin's (R.) defeat in Kentucky.

Obama-Era Scheme Illegally Paid $227 Million to States as a Result of Miscalculations

Rushed Medicaid bonus failed to vet inflated state enrollment figures

Yuichiro Kakutani
September 25, 2019 5:00 AM

The federal government incorrectly paid states hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to expand health care coverage before Obamacare's implementation.

Bloomberg Analysis: Poorer Families Lose Under Sanders Plan

Taxpayers with employer-sponsored insurance also likely to pay more on Medicare for all

David Rutz
July 2, 2019 10:55 AM

Most Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance and poorer families on Medicaid will come out on the losing end of Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) Medicare for all proposal.

Biden Proposes Universal Medicaid Coverage

Philip Caldwell
June 17, 2019 4:30 PM

Speaking at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C., Biden offered up a sweeping but unspecific proposal for health-care reform.

Fight Over Medicaid Expansion Brewing in Wisconsin

Bethany Blankley - Watchdog.org
May 11, 2019 4:55 AM

Medicaid expansion is one of 70 non-fiscal items Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have vowed to remove from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ budget when the Joint Finance Committee begins voting next week.

Admin Halts Disability Dues Scheme

Regulation will no longer allow unions to take dues money from Medicaid checks

Bill McMorris
May 6, 2019 5:00 AM

Labor organizations will no longer be allowed to skim dues money from the checks of Medicaid patients under new rules adopted by the Trump administration.

More Than 30,000 People to Be Removed From Medicaid Rolls After Eligibility Check

David Jacobs - Watchdog.org
April 5, 2019 5:00 AM

More than 30,000 people will be removed from Louisiana's Medicaid program after a new verification system determined they likely made too much money to be eligible.

Report: Medicaid Expansion in Wisconsin to Cost More Than $1 Billion Per Year

Bethany Blankley - Watchdog.org
February 22, 2019 4:55 AM

Medicaid expansion in Wisconsin will cost taxpayers $600 million every year and drive up prices in the private sector as well. A family of four with private insurance, for example, can expect to see an increase in cost of as much as $700 per year.

Largest Medicaid Plan in Ohio Gives Max Donation to DeWine Inauguration

Amanda Johnson - Watchdog.org
February 6, 2019 4:55 AM

Caresource Ohio and Caresource Management Group Co., the largest Medicaid plan in Ohio and second largest in the United States, each gave $10,000 to Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted for inauguration related events and transition expenses, according to the Ohio’s Secretary of State Office.

Audit Reveals States Owe Federal Government Billions for Fraudulent Medicaid Overpayments

Bethany Blankley - Watchdog.org
December 31, 2018 4:55 AM

A watchdog group estimates recent audit of fraudulent Medicaid payments totaling nearly $2 billion "is really closer to $60 billion."