Medicaid Fraud in New York

Chris Edwards

Medicaid waste is huge. Officially, the federal-state health program loses 6 percent of benefits to errors and fraud a year, or $37 billion in 2025. But some analysts argue that the waste is much larger because the official figures exclude certain types of improper payments.

Medicaid theft seems straightforward to execute. No brilliant scheme is required, as the Minnesota scandals illustrate. You submit fake paperwork to the state Medicaid agency for services not provided...