An estimated 450,000 people were mistakenly enrolled under Medicaid expansion; many of which may not have been eligible for coverage, according to a report by the U.S. Health and Human Services’ chief watchdog. The complete analysis report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) can be found here.
There are limitations to the review, however, because the audit extrapolated from a sample of 150 beneficiaries.
It is inevitable that in a big rollout of new eligibility for any public program there are going to be glitches in implementation,” said Kathy Hempstead, a health-policy expert and senior adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “The inspector general wants to make sure that states are being sufficiently careful.
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