Like Dirksen said “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.”
Will people with double coverage be required to pay back their double dipping?
On the left this means 2.8 million people dropped from medicaid and CHIP are going to die.
Hussein Obama’s handiwork, yet again.
I cancelled my ridiculous obamacare useless BS plan two years ago and the insurance provider still keeps sending me invoices saying they billed the government for my “premiums.” What a scam. I am sure when tax time comes around they will say I owe them even after calling every month telling them I am not enrolled in their garbage product.
The article being less than clear, here is a stab on how t this might have been happening — less a deliberate scam than just moronic government policy. Corrections invited.
Let’s say a low-income individual signed up on the “Exchange” for a subsidized insurance plan they pay little or nothing for. Once they consume healthcare, they find that they can’t pay thousands for the huge deductibles these policies require. So they sign up for Medicaid. The “exchange” policy cooks along, with the federal government paying for insurance no one is using. Meanwhile the federal government reimburses states, which operate Medicaid, for whatever expenses the patient consumes. The insurance company holding the unused ObamaCare policy is profitting from this and has no incentive to prompt cancellation.
I’m curious why the Bidenistas stopped crosschecking for duplication. Who specifically caused that — surely their mama gave them a name?
As encouraged in my Medicare statements, I have twice reported fraudulent claims.
After half an hour on the phone, the government employee in both situations said to the effect that they knew of the fraudulent claimants.
Oh.
My reward was two new Medicare numbers and the associated hassle with updating them with my medical providers.
I won’t bother reporting further fraud.