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The GAO identifies $45 BILLION in redundant programs in 2014
Posted: Apr 20, 2015
The federal government has no idea how many tax dollars it’s wasting on redundant federal programs every year—but it’s likely in the neighborhood of $45 billion.
That’s according to the Government Accountability Office, which identified more than two dozen new areas of inefficiency and overlap in its annual reportto Congress. This is on top of the more than 160 redundant areas that the GAO has identified in its three previous reports.
“It's impossible to account for how much money is wasted through duplication, in part because the government doesn't keep track of which programs each agency is responsible for,” Comptroller Gene Dodaro said prepared congressional testimony.
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2014/04/09/45-Billion-Wasted-Redundant-Federal-Programs-GAO
April 2014. Any recent improvement? - nm
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Yeah, so far this year, it's $55 billion identified. nomsg - Truthhurts
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Really? Does anyone ever do anything to fix it? Some things never change. - nm
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All talk, no action. Every last one of them. - Sick of it.
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Biggest redundant programs, MC, MA, VA, ACA, private insurance - waste
[ In Reply To ..]Our health care dollars go to the administration of the 4 big government program, but 20% of your insurance payments goes directly to the administration of private health insurance companies.
If all of these were rolled into one universal payer program, imagine the savings to the consumer (you and me).
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