Niklas Kleinworth

July 23, 2024 — 09:00 am EDT Written by Niklas Kleinworth for Bitcoin Magazine

Rising numbers of zero-claim enrollees—people who did not file a single medical claim—bolster evidence of rampant fraud in ACA exchanges.

Paragon’s research consistently demonstrates that fraud, waste, and abuse in government health programs are the consequence of design flaws.

This Paragon Pic shows the cumulative percent growth in Medicaid spending per resident for all 50 states from 2013 (the year before the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion took effect) to 2023. California ranks third in the nation at 184 percent—more than double the 90 percent average of all other states. Only Nevada and Kentucky...

In many states, healthy, working-age adults now comprise between one-quarter and one-half of all Medicaid enrollees.

Waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid benefit bad actors at a steep cost to the truly vulnerable and hard-working Americans. But as CMS Director, Dr. Oz recently noted, the spoils of this manipulation often benefit the politically connected, like unions. New York State offers a prime example of how unions leverage Medicaid dollars for their...