Thomas R. Suozzi
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Thomas R. Suozzi Suozzi
The Nassau County executive, Thomas R. Suozzi, said on Tuesday, that New York State's Medicaid system has continued paying health insurance premiums for some patients even after they have been dead for several months, costing the state as much as $1 million. Mr. Suozzi, a Democratic candidate for governor, has made Medicaid fraud and waste the centerpiece of his "fix Albany" campaign. Mr. Suozzi said a review of records in Nassau found Medicaid had paid managed care companies for at least 47 patients for six months, on average, after they had died and that statewide such mistakes could cost $1 million a year.