Thursday, January 30, 2014
Government at Work - "Medicaid Overpays Millions for Diapers"
There seems to be no limit to stories of this type.
Governments just don't protect our money as well as they should...
Governments just don't protect our money as well as they should...
At FreeBeacon.com, Lachlan Markay tells us about this one:
"A lack of competitive bidding processes among state Medicaid agencies caused the program to overpay for diapers by about $62 million in 2012, according to a report released by federal auditors on Monday.
Only five state Medicaid agencies have implemented competitive bidding programs for “disposable incontinence supplies,” according to the inspector general for the department of Health and Human Services.
Those states reported saving up to of 50 percent on those supplies, the IG report found."
