Medicaid - Sweeping Medicaid Reforms Attack Fraud, Waste - New York state has issued a proposal stating that 'whistle-blowers' who report Medicaid fraud would be rewarded with a share of the money that they helped recover. This is only one of the measures instituted in order to cleanse a Medicaid program riddled with fraud and waste.
It is ironic, to say the least, that a program designed to benefit the poor is being corrupted for the benefit of the rich. Even if the state must appeal to people's cupidity in order to solve the issue of Medicaid fraud, which leads to tremendous financial wastes, the issue must be resolved. Medicaid is already a financial burden for the government, and fraud only worsens this.