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The truth about CMMI’s failures
| From | Tom Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste <[email protected]> |
| Subject | The truth about CMMI’s failures |
| Date | November 13, 2025 3:38 PM |
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John,
I want to share with you why CCAGW launched our latest campaign =E2=80=94 b=
ecause it gets right to the heart of our mission:=C2=A0eliminating=C2=A0gov=
ernment waste and protecting taxpayers.
Here are a few facts you should know about how the CMMI managed to waste $5=
.4 billion so far and will soon waste another $1.3 billion.
CMMI: A Costly Failed Experiment
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) was created under Ob=
amacare in 2010 to create new models that would test how to lower costs and=
improve quality of care.
Instead, it has become a costly failed experiment in government-run healthc=
are.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, CMMI was expected to save tax=
payers=C2=A0$2.8 billion=C2=A0between 2011=E2=80=932020. Instead, it lost=
=C2=A0$5.4 billion=C2=A0and is projected to lose another=C2=A0$1.3 billion=
=C2=A0by 2030.
Big Government Waste, Little to Show
CMMI has created 49 payment models that have touched=C2=A028 million patien=
ts=C2=A0and more than 528,000 healthcare providers.
Yet only six models avoided increasing spending or the quality of healthcar=
e.
John, that is an abysmal track record.
Meanwhile, the program spends=C2=A0$10 billion=C2=A0in mandatory funding ev=
ery decade =E2=80=94 money Congress never votes on, and money taxpayers can=
not=C2=A0afford for=C2=A0the government to waste.
Past Failures, New Threats
CMMI=E2=80=99s failures=C2=A0aren=E2=80=99t=C2=A0just in the past.
In 2025 alone, four major models were=C2=A0terminated=C2=A0by the Trump adm=
inistration because they=C2=A0failed to=C2=A0save money or improve care.
And starting January 1, 2026, CMMI will roll out the so-called=C2=A0WISeR=
=C2=A0model in six states, forcing Medicare patients with conditions like P=
arkinson=E2=80=99s disease, sleep apnea, arthritis, and incontinence to go =
through new prior-authorization red tape before receiving treatments.
That means more government intrusion, less choice, and more frustration for=
patients and doctors alike.
CCAGW launched this campaign because taxpayers deserve better than a progra=
m that wastes billions and puts patients at risk. We are calling on Congres=
s to:
* Suspend all current and proposed CMMI models
* Reassess every program for cost and quality impact
* Impose guardrails for transparency, accountability, and patient protectio=
n
* Or better yet, eliminate CMMI altogether
This is exactly the kind of government waste we were founded to fight, and =
with your continued support, we will win another battle to save you and all=
taxpayers billions of dollars.
Thank you,=C2=A0John, for standing with us as we shine a spotlight on CMMI=
=E2=80=99s failures and demand real accountability in Washington.
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x;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;mso-line=
-height-alt:19px"><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
I want to share with you why CCAGW launched our latest campaign — bec=
ause it gets right to the heart of our mission: eliminating gover=
nment waste and protecting taxpayers. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-=
bottom:16px">Here are a few facts you should know about how the CMMI manage=
d to waste $5.4 billion so far and will soon waste another $1.3 billion.&nb=
sp;</p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px"><strong>CMMI: A Costly Fail=
ed Experiment</strong> </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">Th=
e Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) was created under Obam=
acare in 2010 to create new models that would test how to lower costs and i=
mprove quality of care. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:1=
6px">Instead, it has become a costly failed experiment in government-run he=
althcare. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
According to the Congressional Budget Office, CMMI was expected to save tax=
payers $2.8 billion between 2011–2020. Instead, it lost&nbs=
p;$5.4 billion and is projected to lose another $1.3 billion =
;by 2030. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px"><strong>Big Gov=
ernment Waste, Little to Show</strong> </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin=
-bottom:16px">
CMMI has created 49 payment models that have touched 28 million patien=
ts and more than 528,000 healthcare providers. </p><p style=
=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">Yet only six models avoided increasing spe=
nding or the quality of healthcare. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;mar=
gin-bottom:16px"><strong>John, that is an abysmal track record.</strong>&nb=
sp;</p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
Meanwhile, the program spends $10 billion in mandatory funding ev=
ery decade — money Congress never votes on, and money taxpayers canno=
t afford for the government to waste. </p><p style=3D"margin=
:0;margin-bottom:16px"><strong>Past Failures, New Threats</strong> </p=
><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">CMMI’s failures aren&r=
squo;t just in the past. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bo=
ttom:16px">
In 2025 alone, four major models were terminated by the Trump adm=
inistration because they failed to save money or improve care.&nb=
sp; </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">And starting January =
1, 2026, CMMI will roll out the so-called WISeR model in six stat=
es, forcing Medicare patients with conditions like Parkinson’s diseas=
e, sleep apnea, arthritis, and incontinence to go through new prior-authori=
zation red tape before receiving treatments. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;=
margin-bottom:16px"><strong>That means more government intrusion, less choi=
ce, and more frustration for patients and doctors alike.</strong> </p>=
<p style=3D"margin:0">CCAGW launched this campaign because taxpayers deserv=
e better than a program that wastes billions and puts patients at risk. We =
are calling on Congress to: </p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table=
class=3D"text_block block-4" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10=
" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-t=
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t:16.8px;font-size:16px"><li><span style=3D"word-break: break-word; font-si=
ze: 16px;">Suspend all current and proposed CMMI models </span><br>
<span style=3D"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span></li>=
<li><span style=3D"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">Reassess every=
program for cost and quality impact </span><br><span style=3D"word-br=
eak: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span></li><li><span style=3D"wor=
d-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">Impose guardrails for transparency, =
accountability, and patient protection </span><br><span style=3D"word-=
break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span></li><li>
<span style=3D"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">Or better yet, eli=
minate CMMI altogether </span></li></ul><p style=3D"margin:0;font-size=
:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px"><span style=3D"word-break: break-word; fo=
nt-size: 16px;"><strong>This is exactly the kind of government waste we wer=
e founded to fight, and with your continued support, we will win another ba=
ttle to save you and all taxpayers billions of dollars.</strong> </spa=
n></p><p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> =
;</p><p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px"><span =
style=3D"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">Thank you, John, fo=
r standing with us as we shine a spotlight on CMMI’s failures and dem=
and real accountability in Washington. </span></p></div></div></td></t=
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John,
I want to share with you why CCAGW launched our latest campaign — because it gets right to the heart of our mission: eliminating government waste and protecting taxpayers.
Here are a few facts you should know about how the CMMI managed to waste $5.4 billion so far and will soon waste another $1.3 billion.
CMMI: A Costly Failed Experiment
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) was created under Obamacare in 2010 to create new models that would test how to lower costs and improve quality of care.
Instead, it has become a costly failed experiment in government-run healthcare.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, CMMI was expected to save taxpayers $2.8 billion between 2011–2020. Instead, it lost $5.4 billion and is projected to lose another $1.3 billion by 2030.
Big Government Waste, Little to Show
CMMI has created 49 payment models that have touched 28 million patients and more than 528,000 healthcare providers.
Yet only six models avoided increasing spending or the quality of healthcare.
John, that is an abysmal track record.
Meanwhile, the program spends $10 billion in mandatory funding every decade — money Congress never votes on, and money taxpayers cannot afford for the government to waste.
Past Failures, New Threats
CMMI’s failures aren’t just in the past.
In 2025 alone, four major models were terminated by the Trump administration because they failed to save money or improve care.
And starting January 1, 2026, CMMI will roll out the so-called WISeR model in six states, forcing Medicare patients with conditions like Parkinson’s disease, sleep apnea, arthritis, and incontinence to go through new prior-authorization red tape before receiving treatments.
That means more government intrusion, less choice, and more frustration for patients and doctors alike.
CCAGW launched this campaign because taxpayers deserve better than a program that wastes billions and puts patients at risk. We are calling on Congress to:
* Suspend all current and proposed CMMI models
* Reassess every program for cost and quality impact
* Impose guardrails for transparency, accountability, and patient protection
* Or better yet, eliminate CMMI altogether
This is exactly the kind of government waste we were founded to fight, and with your continued support, we will win another battle to save you and all taxpayers billions of dollars.
Thank you, John, for standing with us as we shine a spotlight on CMMI’s failures and demand real accountability in Washington.
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Thomas Schatz
President
Councils for Citizens Against Government Waste
[Eliminate Government Waste with CCAGW]([link removed])
317 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20002
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Here are a few facts you should know about how the CMMI managed to waste $5=
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ause it gets right to the heart of our mission: eliminating gover=
nment waste and protecting taxpayers. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-=
bottom:16px">Here are a few facts you should know about how the CMMI manage=
d to waste $5.4 billion so far and will soon waste another $1.3 billion.&nb=
sp;</p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px"><strong>CMMI: A Costly Fail=
ed Experiment</strong> </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">Th=
e Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) was created under Obam=
acare in 2010 to create new models that would test how to lower costs and i=
mprove quality of care. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:1=
6px">Instead, it has become a costly failed experiment in government-run he=
althcare. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
According to the Congressional Budget Office, CMMI was expected to save tax=
payers $2.8 billion between 2011–2020. Instead, it lost&nbs=
p;$5.4 billion and is projected to lose another $1.3 billion =
;by 2030. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px"><strong>Big Gov=
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CMMI has created 49 payment models that have touched 28 million patien=
ts and more than 528,000 healthcare providers. </p><p style=
=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">Yet only six models avoided increasing spe=
nding or the quality of healthcare. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;mar=
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sp;</p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
Meanwhile, the program spends $10 billion in mandatory funding ev=
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t afford for the government to waste. </p><p style=3D"margin=
:0;margin-bottom:16px"><strong>Past Failures, New Threats</strong> </p=
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squo;t just in the past. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bo=
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In 2025 alone, four major models were terminated by the Trump adm=
inistration because they failed to save money or improve care.&nb=
sp; </p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">And starting January =
1, 2026, CMMI will roll out the so-called WISeR model in six stat=
es, forcing Medicare patients with conditions like Parkinson’s diseas=
e, sleep apnea, arthritis, and incontinence to go through new prior-authori=
zation red tape before receiving treatments. </p><p style=3D"margin:0;=
margin-bottom:16px"><strong>That means more government intrusion, less choi=
ce, and more frustration for patients and doctors alike.</strong> </p>=
<p style=3D"margin:0">CCAGW launched this campaign because taxpayers deserv=
e better than a program that wastes billions and puts patients at risk. We =
are calling on Congress to: </p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table=
class=3D"text_block block-4" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10=
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ze: 16px;">Suspend all current and proposed CMMI models </span><br>
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accountability, and patient protection </span><br><span style=3D"word-=
break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span></li><li>
<span style=3D"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">Or better yet, eli=
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John,
I want to share with you why CCAGW launched our latest campaign — because it gets right to the heart of our mission: eliminating government waste and protecting taxpayers.
Here are a few facts you should know about how the CMMI managed to waste $5.4 billion so far and will soon waste another $1.3 billion.
CMMI: A Costly Failed Experiment
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) was created under Obamacare in 2010 to create new models that would test how to lower costs and improve quality of care.
Instead, it has become a costly failed experiment in government-run healthcare.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, CMMI was expected to save taxpayers $2.8 billion between 2011–2020. Instead, it lost $5.4 billion and is projected to lose another $1.3 billion by 2030.
Big Government Waste, Little to Show
CMMI has created 49 payment models that have touched 28 million patients and more than 528,000 healthcare providers.
Yet only six models avoided increasing spending or the quality of healthcare.
John, that is an abysmal track record.
Meanwhile, the program spends $10 billion in mandatory funding every decade — money Congress never votes on, and money taxpayers cannot afford for the government to waste.
Past Failures, New Threats
CMMI’s failures aren’t just in the past.
In 2025 alone, four major models were terminated by the Trump administration because they failed to save money or improve care.
And starting January 1, 2026, CMMI will roll out the so-called WISeR model in six states, forcing Medicare patients with conditions like Parkinson’s disease, sleep apnea, arthritis, and incontinence to go through new prior-authorization red tape before receiving treatments.
That means more government intrusion, less choice, and more frustration for patients and doctors alike.
CCAGW launched this campaign because taxpayers deserve better than a program that wastes billions and puts patients at risk. We are calling on Congress to:
* Suspend all current and proposed CMMI models
* Reassess every program for cost and quality impact
* Impose guardrails for transparency, accountability, and patient protection
* Or better yet, eliminate CMMI altogether
This is exactly the kind of government waste we were founded to fight, and with your continued support, we will win another battle to save you and all taxpayers billions of dollars.
Thank you, John, for standing with us as we shine a spotlight on CMMI’s failures and demand real accountability in Washington.
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Councils for Citizens Against Government Waste
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Washington, DC 20002
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