They found that since Georgia first received federal approval to implement its Medicaid red tape requirements, nearly 70% of all spending in that program has gone to administrative costs rather than to health care, and 88% of those administrative costs were paid by federal taxpayers. Dr. Connolly. Last August, Minnesota's Department of Health of Human Services shared that new requirements from the big ugly bill could potentially increase state, local and tribal administrative spending by $165 million annually. (03:37–03:42)
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Claims that federal taxpayers covered 88% of Georgia's Medicaid administrative costs.
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