It takes aim at duplicative enrollment in federal health care programs, which CMS estimates is costing taxpayers as much as $14 billion per year. And it Ensures deceased individuals don't continue receiving payments from Medicaid as happened in Colorado, costing taxpayers more than $7 million. Mr. President, we also took steps to hold states accountable for being good stewards of federal funding. We're incentivizing states to reduce their error rates when making snap payments. (03:10–03:21)
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Asserts that measures ensure deceased individuals don't receive Medicaid payments, which cost $7 million in Colorado.
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