Private Medicaid Plans Receive Billions In Tax Dollars, With Little Oversight

GeorgiA Public Broadcasting News, Free Republic
Thu, 10/18/2018 - 2:23pm

The current political debate over Medicaid has centered on the idea of putting patients to work so they can earn their government benefits. Yet some experts say the country would be better served by asking this question instead: Are insurance companies — which receive hundreds of billions in public money — earning their Medicaid checks?

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Private Medicaid Plans Receive Billions In Tax Dollars, With Little Oversight

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