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Amy Gleason: “Some Medicaid patients...end up in two Medicaid plans.”

Featuring: Amy Gleason, Acting Administrator, United States Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Published March 19, 2026 | Video Starts at 18:54

But what we found in the data is pretty staggering. Some of it is more, maybe not, … Some Medicaid patients...end up in two Medicaid plans. … or I'm now meeting to move into that. Well, now I'm in three plans. The federal government pays parts of all three of those. (18:54–19:08)

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Claims that some Medicaid patients are enrolled in multiple Medicaid plans.

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