Arizona is paying $6 billion in Medicaid benefits to more than 20,000 recipients who don't need the help, legislative leaders said Tuesday at a news conference about a Patient First Coalition report.
About one-fourth of those people are “Medicaid millionaires,” who could have as much as $1 million in total assets, Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp, R-Surprise, told reporters Tuesday in Phoenix.
As reported by The Center Square Monday, the Patient First Coalition report found tens of thousands of wealthy people across the U.S. are enrolled in Medicaid, a program designed to help low-income individuals and families, including seniors, children, pregnant women and people with disabilities.
