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Entitlements

Medicaid:  The Feds Have Failed To Stop the Waste and Mismanagement, Let The States Try
Appropriations, Budget, Entitlements, General Waste, Healthcare, Oversight, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager, State Issues

Medicaid: The Feds Have Failed To Stop the Waste and Mismanagement, Let The States Try

January 15, 2020 Leslie Paige

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.  

New USDA SNAP Rules and Work Requirements Come at the Perfect Time for Job Seekers
Agriculture, Budget, Entitlements, General Waste, Oversight, State Issues

New USDA SNAP Rules and Work Requirements Come at the Perfect Time for Job Seekers

January 10, 2020 Leslie Paige

The December 2019 jobs report, released on January 10, 2020 confirms what everyone already knows; the economy is strong and the jobs market is robust.  The U.S. added 145,000 new jobs in December, the unemployment rate persisted at a fifty-year low of 3.5 percent, and average earnings rose slightly, with the year over year gain at […]

Entitlements, Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager, Technology

Computer Glitches or Poor Program Management

October 10, 2013 Deborah Collier

According to a July 17, 2013 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had obligated $303.4 million (77 percent of its total obligations for Obamacare) to establish the healthcare data hub, provide information technology support for federal employees working on the healthcare exchange, the Healthcare.gov website, and a healthcare […]

Budget, Congress, Entitlements, General Waste, Healthcare, Oversight, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager, Regulations

Legislation Puts Medicare Recovery Auditing, and Taxpayers, At Risk

September 20, 2013 Leslie Paige

Government waste, fraud, and abuse are a scourge on American taxpayers and a multi-billion dollar insult to the federal budget, but preventing improper payments, particularly in Medicare, is now running into roadblocks despite being a rare example of success.  Medicare providers, particularly hospitals, which have for years received billions in improper overpayments, now fully appreciate […]

Budget, Congress, Entitlements, General Waste, Oversight

Senators Seek Elimination of Wasteful and Overlapping Benefit Payments

June 8, 2013 Thomas Schatz

On June 6, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal released a poll that showed Americans blame welfare programs more than any other reason for persistent poverty in the United States.   The poll was conducted between May 30 and June 2 and sampled 1,000 adults. Respondents were given a list of eight factors and were […]

Agriculture, Broadband, Budget, Congress, Entitlements, General Waste, Pig Book

The Farmers Love This Bill

May 15, 2013 wchristian

“The farmers love this bill, The farmers love this bill, High, HIGH, the dairies go, The farmers love this bill!” While it’s a tortured version of the original, the verse scribbled above represents a more fitting rendition of the classic nursery rhyme these days, given ongoing congressional action.  Today, the Senate will markup its version (S. […]

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