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https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106927Biden Administration Made $236 Billion in 'Improper Payments' Last Year: GAO Report
The amount is bigger than what Washington spends on NASA, the Department of Education, and Homeland Security combined, a lawmaker said.
An estimated $236 billion in improper or incorrect payments was made under the Biden administration last year, with Medicare and Medicaid accounting for $100 billion of that total, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
"For fiscal year 2023, 14 agencies reported a total estimated $236 billion in improper payments across 71 programs," said a March 26 GAO
report. Improper payments refer to payments "that should not have been made or were made in the incorrect amount." The $236 billion calculation does not include certain government programs that agencies determined were "susceptible to significant improper payments."
The amount of such payments under the Biden administration since 2021 totaled more than $764 billion.