The U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), held a hearing entitled ‘Medicaid: The Reality,’ analyzing the future of Medicaid, federal costs, program stability, waste, scams, and the effect of present financing policies. Throughout the hearing, Brian Blase, President of the Paragon Health Institute, argued that some states and doctor utilize funding plans to synthetically increase federal Medicaid matching funds.

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