Waste, Fraud, Errors, and Abuse

The House Ways and Means Committee approved several bills last week aimed at reducing waste, fraud, abuse, and errors in the federal budget as well as...

Senator Angus King (I-ME), joined by many of his colleagues, introduced the Stop CHEATERS Act (S. 4298) last month. The bill would provide $84 billion...

The federal government made at least $186 billion of improper payments in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, according to new Government Accountability Office...

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced five bills this week to close tax loopholes, improve tax...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicaid rule, last week, which closes an especially egregious loophole that allowed...

In a recent LA Times op-ed, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and Deputy Administrator Kimberly Brandt...

The Senate is reportedly exploring options to reduce Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse as they consider changes to the House-passed One Big Beautiful...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it was expanding its efforts to audit Medicare Advantage (MA) plans’ risk...

Note: This is an update of our Tax Gap Primer using the latest available data from the IRS. One of the most fair and efficient ways for policymakers...

Update: The offset options below were estimated prior to enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and have not been updated. Some options...

Improper payments made by the federal government totaled $236 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, according to testimony from the Government...