Improper Payments

RSC American Worker Report Deserves Consideration in Congress
The Republican Study Committee American Worker Task Force report includes more than 100 recommendations on education, labor, and welfare programs that would eliminate wasteful spending and increase the efficiency of the federal government.

RSC Offers Solutions to Boost Government Efficiency During Pandemic
The RSC's commonsense framework will guide America through the pandemic and ensure a speedy economic recovery.

Medicaid: The Feds Have Failed To Stop the Waste and Mismanagement, Let The States Try
Medicaid is losing billions to waste, fraud, and abuse, and the program is crushing state budgets The feds haven't been able to fix it. Let the states try.

Fifteen Years Later, the Defense Travel System is Still a Mess
The DTS distributed nearly $1 billion in improper payments over a three-year period.

HHS OIG Admits: We’re Just Flushing Money Down the Drain
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) admitted last week that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital payment process is broken.

Eligibility Check Reveals Massive Medicaid Problems in Oregon
Oregon attracted national ridicule in 2013 and 2014 as its state-run online Obamacare exchange, Cover Oregon, epically failed to sign up even o

Medicare Making Improper Payments to Prisoners
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently exposed vulnerabilities that end up costing taxpayers hundreds of billions in wasteful spending due to erroneous and sloppy billing, and outright fraud.

Donald Trump Commits to Several CAGW-Endorsed Reforms to Eliminate Government Waste
At a speech to the Union League in Philadelphia today, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump committed to several government-wide reforms that could save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars:

Medicare Continues Fiscal Slide: Congress Sidelines Watchdogs
The 2016 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds Report came out tod