New York drivers are accused of bilking up to $196 million from a badly managed Medicaid transportation program. A federal audit by the Department of Health and Human Services found the shocking amount had been paid to transport companies enrolled in the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) program, but rides “did not meet or may not have met Medicaid requirements.” The 2022 report claimed almost half of $445 million in taxpayer money paid out in 2018 and 2019 in New York City was