Press Release
Comer, Oversight Republicans Demand Answers on Rampant Improper Payments in Medicaid Program
WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans wrote Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure demanding answers for the massive number of improper payments made by the Medicaid program. In fiscal year 2020, one out of every five Medicaid payments was improper and amounted to $86.9 billion.
“According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), there is no program ...