Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
- Posted on December 23, 2025
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Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services. Sanchez has been researching this issue for a decade.
