Fact-checker blows a big hole in Trump administration claim about Medicaid

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.” Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets onl...