WASHINGTON (March 27, 2025)- A Wall Street Journal report found that “Health insurers got double-paid by the Medicaid system for the coverage of hundreds of thousands of patients across the country, costing taxpayers billions of dollars in extra payments.” The report continues that insurers collected at $4.3 billion over three years for patients enrolled or paid for in other states.
Faculty experts at the George Washington University are available to offer insight, commentary and analysis on the report. If you would like to speak with an expert, please contact GW Media Relations at [email protected].
Law
Barak Richman, Alexander Hamilton Professor of Business Law at the George Washington University Law School. Richman is an expert in healthcare policy, new institutional economics, antitrust, and economics of contracting. In 2006, he co-edited a symposium volume of Law and Contemporary Problems titled, “Who Pays? Who Benefits? Distributional Issues in Health Care”
Health Policy
Leighton Ku, a professor of health policy and management and Director of the Center for Health Policy Research at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health, is a health policy researcher and public policy analyst. He is an expert in national and state health reforms, and how to improve access to affordable health care for vulnerable populations.
Richard Ricciardi, associate dean for Clinical Practice and Community Engagement in the GW School of Nursing and the executive director for the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement.
Tony Yang, is a professor in health policy at the George Washington University School of Nursing with a joint appointment at the Milken Institute School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management.
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