Ron Johnson presses administration to end state Medicaid ‘shell games’

Published September 21, 2018 6:29pm ET



Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is demanding the Trump administration answer how it is going to end “shell games” through which states artificially inflate their contributions to Medicaid in order to get a greater share of federal funding.

Johnson sent letters on Friday to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma and U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro regarding a lack of audits of states’ use of Medicaid funding.

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