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Cost · Fraud & improper payments

Fraud at 3% of 2024 spending

Amount
$158.4B
per year
Per resident, per year
$464
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$1,198
÷ 132.2M households

How it is built

$5,278.6B × 3%

Part of: Spread across national spending (overlapping estimates; do not add)

Problems this cost relates to

Sources: National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (2018)