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The Fraudulent War on Medicaid Fraud
The Trump administration’s ‘war on fraud’ is attempting to defund a successful anti-fraud operation in New York.
Medicare and Medicaid
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Medicare Advantage Companies Bank Billions in Bonuses
Medicare Advantage providers are making billions in ‘bonus payments’ — one more sign of a dysfunctional, wasteful health care system.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Shoddy White House Research Claims Work Requirements Will Increase Employment and Reduce Poverty
To help justify its Medicaid work requirements, the Trump administration cooked up an Orwellian research brief claiming that the new rules would boost employment and reduce poverty.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
States Face Massive Medicaid Issues Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts Medicaid to deliver tax breaks for the wealthy. But there are ways that states can minimize the damage to vulnerable communities.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Corporate Power Protects Medicare Advantage Fraud
A White House that claims to be cracking down on fraud should start with Medicare Advantage.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Trump’s Cruel Medicaid Work Requirements: Can States Mitigate the Damage?
New Medicaid work requirement rules could remove eligible people from coverage through red tape, but states may be able to limit the damage.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Medicaid Work Requirements: Who Actually Benefits?
Medicaid work requirements will cause people to lose health care — and deliver millions of dollars to private contractors.
Issue Brief
Does Medicaid Expansion Help or Hurt Hospital Finances?
Providing coverage to the previously uninsured leads to substantial improvements in hospitals’ bottom lines, especially those in rural areas, and reduces the high financial burden of uncompensated care that hospitals often face.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Will the Trump Administration Buckle to Insurance Giants on Medicare Advantage Rates?
Mounting evidence of overpayments and rising costs is driving growing bipartisan pushback against Medicare Advantage insurers.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
New Research Reveals Millions Will Lose Medicare Advantage Coverage This Year
New research shows that giant insurers are kicking millions off Medicare Advantage this year — yet more evidence that this privatization scheme is unworkable.
