What Are ‘Improper’ Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?

Fact-checker blasts hole in major Trump Medicaid claim

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper," Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud, and abuse.During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Russell Vought, the adm…

Fact-checker blows a big hole in Trump administration claim about Medicaid

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.”Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud, and abuse.During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Russell Vought, the admi…

What Are ‘Improper’ Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.” Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud, and abuse. During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Russell Vought, the a…