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Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid My Administration has been relentlessly committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in Government programs to preserve and protect them for those who rely most on them. The Medicaid program was designed to be a program to compassionately provide taxpayer dollars to healthcare providers who offer care to the most vulnerable Americans. To keep payments reasonable, billable costs for such care were historically capped at the same level that healthcare providers could receive from Medicare. The State and Federal Governments jointly shared this cost burden to ensure those of lesser means did not go untreated. Under the Biden Administration, States and healthcare providers were permitted to game the system. For example, States “taxed” healthcare providers, but sent the same money back to them in the form of a “Medicaid payment,” which automatically unlocked for healthcare providers an additional “burden-sharing” payment from the Federal Government. Through this gimmick, the State could avoid contributing money toward Medicaid services, meaning the State no longer had a reason to be prudent in the amount of reimbursement provided. Instead of paying Medicare rates, many States that utilize these arrangements now pay the same healthcare providers almost three times the Medicare amount, a practice encouraged by the Biden Administration. These State Directed Payments have rapidly accelerated, quadrupling in magnitude over the last 4 years and reaching 0 billion in 2024 alone. This trajectory threatens the Federal Treasury and Medicaid’s long-term stability, and the imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare patients threatens to jeopardize access to care for our seniors. I pledged to protect and improve these important Government healthcare programs for those that rely on them. Seniors on Medicare and Medicaid recipients both deserve access to quality care in a system free from the fraud, waste, and abuse, that enriches the unscrupulous and jeopardizes the programs themselves. We will take action to continue to love and cherish the Medicare and Medicaid programs to ensure they are preserved for those who need them most. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall therefore take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare, to the extent permitted by applicable law. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. DONALD J. TRUMP

Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid My Administration has been relentlessly committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in Government programs to preserve and protect them for those who rely most on them. The Medicaid program was designed to be a program to compassionately provide taxpayer dollars to healthcare providers who offer care to the most vulnerable Americans. To keep payments reasonable, billable costs for such care were historically capped at the same level that healthcare providers could receive from Medicare. The State and Federal Governments jointly shared this cost burden to ensure those of lesser means did not go untreated. Under the Biden Administration, States and healthcare providers were permitted to game the system. For example, States “taxed” healthcare providers, but sent the same money back to them in the form of a “Medicaid payment,” which automatically unlocked for healthcare providers an additional “burden-sharing” payment from the Federal Government. Through this gimmick, the State could avoid contributing money toward Medicaid services, meaning the State no longer had a reason to be prudent in the amount of reimbursement provided. Instead of paying Medicare rates, many States that utilize these arrangements now pay the same healthcare providers almost three times the Medicare amount, a practice encouraged by the Biden Administration. These State Directed Payments have rapidly accelerated, quadrupling in magnitude over the last 4 years and reaching $110 billion in 2024 alone. This trajectory threatens the Federal Treasury and Medicaid’s long-term stability, and the imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare patients threatens to jeopardize access to care for our seniors. I pledged to protect and improve these important Government healthcare programs for those that rely on them. Seniors on Medicare and Medicaid recipients both deserve access to quality care in a system free from the fraud, waste, and abuse, that enriches the unscrupulous and jeopardizes the programs themselves. We will take action to continue to love and cherish the Medicare and Medicaid programs to ensure they are preserved for those who need them most. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall therefore take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare, to the extent permitted by applicable law. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. DONALD J. TRUMP

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID…

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Boulder boosters pledge an additional million to Sundance festival

Boulder boosters pledge an additional $34 million to Sundance festival

A coalition of Boulder’s top civic and cultural supporters has come together to offer a substantial $34 million…

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FDA eyes additional Covid vaccine trials, as WHO suggests no update to Covid shot

FDA eyes additional Covid vaccine trials, as WHO suggests no update to Covid shot

But patients and advocates are pushing back against this neglect, and a new documentary called "Unrest" shines a…

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Austin Police Arrest 17-Year-Old for Murder of Infowars Reporter Jamie White — Three Additional Suspects Remain on the Loose |

Austin Police Arrest 17-Year-Old for Murder of Infowars Reporter Jamie White — Three Additional Suspects Remain on the Loose |

Arrest Made in the Murder of Infowars Reporter Jamie White The Austin Police Department has apprehended one of…

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JUST IN: President Trump to Sign Project Homecoming Executive Order to Encourage Illegal Aliens to Self-Deport – “Full-Scale, Aggressive Deportation Surge, Including with an Additional 10,000 Officers” Against Those who Remain |

JUST IN: President Trump to Sign Project Homecoming Executive Order to Encourage Illegal Aliens to Self-Deport – “Full-Scale, Aggressive Deportation Surge, Including with an Additional 10,000 Officers” Against Those who Remain |

President Trump is set to unveil at least three executive actions this evening, prominently featuring a proclamation for…

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China hits US imports with additional retaliatory tariff of 50%

China hits US imports with additional retaliatory tariff of 50%

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Additional Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions – The White House

Additional Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States…

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Additional Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions – The White House

President Donald J. Trump Rescinds Additional Harmful Biden Executive Actions – ]

REINFORCING RATIONAL GOVERNANCE: Today, President Donald J. Trump enacted an Executive Order aimed at dismantling a second wave…

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Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism – The White House

Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism – The White House

President's Executive Order on Combating Anti-Semitism: A Renewed Effort to Protect Jewish Students In a bid to combat…

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Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors

Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors

Wisconsin prosecutors have brought new charges against two attorneys and an aide to President-elect Donald Trump, accusing them…

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Trump vows an additional 10% tariff on China, 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico

President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to impose an additional 10% tariff on all Chinese goods entering the…

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