Duplicate Medicaid Enrollees Cost Taxpayers $14 Billion a Year: Report

Millions of people are enrolled in Medicaid in more than one state. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services is cleaning up the rolls.

A hospital in Irvine, Calif., on July 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Millions of people are enrolled in government health-care programs in more than one state or are signed up concurrently in multiple programs, costing taxpayers about $14 billion a year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on July 17.

The announcement came after an analysis of 2024 enrollment data from Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange.