The $10 Million That Never Reached the Children It Was Meant For

How a Medicaid overbilling settlement ended up funding a political campaign — and why a sitting U.S. Senator has still not called for the record to be opened

By Eric J. Lullove, DPM — for Blue Amp Media

Every dollar recovered from a Medicaid contractor that overbilled the public is, by law and by purpose, a dollar owed back to the people the program serves. In Florida, that means low-income children, medically fragile adults, and the safety-net providers who care for them. So when $10 million of a Medicaid fr…