MEDICAID

Medicaid, a joint federal-state health care program, is a significant component of federal and state budgets, with total estimated outlays of $596 billion in fiscal year 2017. The program’s size and diversity make it particularly vulnerable to improper payments. In fiscal year 2017, improper payments were an estimated $37 billion of federal Medicaid expenditures, an increase from an estimated $29.1 billion in fiscal year 2015...