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Search results for "Improper US Government Payments Rose To 186 Billion In 2025"

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Russell Vought stated on June 01, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 4, 2025
Social Media stated on February 14, 2025 in social media posts:
“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.
By Sofia Ahmed• February 18, 2025
Newt Gingrich stated on June 15, 2011 in in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM :
Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year.
By Willoughby Mariano• June 24, 2011
Darrell Issa stated on January 02, 2011 in CBS's "Face the Nation":
"We can save $125 billion in simply not giving out money to Medicare recipients that don't exist for procedures that didn't happen."
By Robert Farley• January 4, 2011
Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall:
"There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program."  
By Tom Kertscher• April 19, 2019
Greg Steube stated on May 28, 2019 in a press release:
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."
By Amy Sherman• June 13, 2019
Rand Paul stated on January 25, 2015 in a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat:
"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."
By Steve Contorno• January 30, 2015
Brendan Doherty stated on March 11, 2012 in a TV news show.:
"We have $60 billion in 2010 in Medicare fraud."
By Alex Kuffner• March 20, 2012
Ron Johnson stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech:
"The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent."  
By Tom Kertscher• January 20, 2014
Mike Johnson stated on May 25, 2025 in a "Face the Nation" episode:
“We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
By Loreben Tuquero• May 29, 2025
Peter Roskam stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
By Jon Greenberg• June 17, 2013
Social Media stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts:
Project 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.”
By Madison Czopek• October 3, 2024
Jared Moskowitz stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”
By Samantha Putterman• January 28, 2026
Brendan Doherty stated on May 15, 2012 in a campaign website:
"Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."
By Tom Mooney• May 23, 2012
Newt Gingrich stated on November 05, 2011 in the Texas Patriots PAC debate in The Woodlands, Texas:
Says IBM leader told Obama that using IBM technology to cut fraud could "pay for" health care reform.
By Sue Owen• December 9, 2011
Adam Schiff stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 31, 2025
Dennis Kucinich stated on January 06, 2011 in a FoxNews interview:
Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.
By Sabrina Eaton• January 24, 2011
Social Media stated on July 27, 2025 in a social media post:
President Donald Trump “made 4,725 wire transfers” to Jeffrey Epstein, totaling nearly $1.1 billion.
By Gabrielle Lazor, Loreben Tuquero• August 5, 2025
Major Gross Profit stated on January 16, 2026 in an email:
“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”
By Paul Specht• January 23, 2026
JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:
The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
By Amy Sherman• November 3, 2025

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Can House Republicans cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? It’s likely impossible.

By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• March 11, 2025

Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 12, 2025

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PolitiFact Georgia reviews Gingrich's classics

By Willoughby Mariano• November 2, 2011

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By Willoughby Mariano• June 26, 2011

Trump, Musk claim government 'fraud' without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse?

By Claire Cranford, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2025

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Fact-checking the federal budget fight

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