FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — The Kentucky auditor's office announced that nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money was wasted on Wednesday after examining the Kentucky Department of Medical Services.

Auditor Allison Ball announced that a specific failure by the DMS was the cause of the roughly $800 million wasted.

“This exam uncovered about $800 million of taxpayer dollars erroneously paid without benefiting Medicaid recipients,” Ball said. “Medicaid is one of Kentucky’s costliest programs, and it’s essential that we make sure every Medicaid dollar spent is going directly to benefit Kentuckians in need of services, not being wasted due to bureaucratic negligence.”

According to the examination, DMS failed to take basic steps to ensure it wasn't making duplicate payments made by other states afte

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