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13 October
5:57 pm

I cut out the first year, one billion dollars worth of abuse, that was being ignored for many people before my time. And now those savings are up to two billion dollars.

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Kathy Hochul, at New York Governor General Election Debate (Spectrum News)

5:57 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figures claimed for Medicaid fraud/waste savings — $1 billion in first year rising to $2 billion total — are verifiable against state budget records.
What we foundThe savings figures come exclusively from Hochul's own administration and are disputed by independent lawmakers, auditors, and policy analysts who question both the scale and the characterization of the prior abuse.
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