I'll start with a quote from the article, "....it also reflected a common criticism that’s been made of Trump’s second administration — that it tends to attack first and confirm the facts later."
Good Ole Dr Oz came out and said that the New York Medicaid program provided 5 million people with personal care services, but had only 6.8 million enrollees. Turns out the real number for personal care services was 450,000.
Now to the headline!
AP Exclusive: Trump administration admits a glaring error in its New York health fraud accusations | AP NEW
"“That level of utilization is unheard of,” Oz said in the video, adding in his post that New York needs to “come clean about its Medicaid program.”"
Yeah, because it didn't exist!
"He said the agency misidentified New York’s approach to applying billing codes and had since refined its methodology." He is Chris Krepich, spokesman for the Office of Communications for Medicare & Medicaid.
“These numbers could have been cleared up in a phone call, so it’s really slapdash,” said Fiscal Policy Institute senior health policy adviser Michael Kinnucan, whose recent analysis called attention to the Trump administration’s inaccurate claim."
In a statement, a spokesperson for Gov. Kathy Hochul said, “The initial claim by CMS was patently false, and we are glad they now admit it."
No wonder thoughtful people question everything that this administration claims. Although I still wonder, "What about Hunter?!?!?!" It's on my mind daily.
