Democrats push GOP toward Medicare 'upcoding' instead of Medicaid cuts

Democratic lawmakers are asking GOP leadership to reject Medicaid cuts in favor of going after Medicare Advantage 'upcoding' as a way of saving federal dollars and addressing waste, fraud and abuse. A group of more than 40 bicameral Democratic lawmakers wrote to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), asking that...