Articles from the December 25, 2024 edition

Elizabeth New, Washington Policy Center|Updated Dec 25, 2024

“Just as a leaking faucet results in the loss of water for no gain to the homeowner, concurrent enrollment results in additional costs to taxpayers without a benefit to the people served by Medicaid,” writes Democrat Pat McCarthy, Washington state’s auditor. She wrote it in a summary statement for an October report about wasteful spending in Medicaid that hurts both state and federal taxpayers.   In an October report, “Examining Washington’s Concurrent Medicaid Enrollme...