New York paid $7.6M in Medicaid funding to ineligible incarcerated convicts
The blue state’s health department made monthly payments available to more than 1,300 imprisoned convicts, despite those con... View MoreNew York paid $7.6M in Medicaid funding to ineligible incarcerated convicts
The blue state’s health department made monthly payments available to more than 1,300 imprisoned convicts, despite those convicts being ineligible to benefit from Medicaid, a federal audit found.
Zeale News Team
September 28, 2026 ·
A new federal audit has found that Democrat-run New York made improper Medicaid payments to incarcerated convicts, totaling nearly $7.6 million in taxpayer funds. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a report Sept. 23 that found the New York State Health Department made unallowable monthly payments for Medicaid services to be made available to incarcerated convicts.
The New York Health Department makes fixed monthly payments, called capitation payments, to managed care organizations for each eligible Medicaid enrollee. Incarcerated convicts are not eligible enrollees, but the OIG found that the New York OIG has been making capitation payments for those enrollees anyway.
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