article_snippet: While the errors were spread among 22 federal agencies, three programs stood out: Medicare, Medicaid and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
article_snippet: Mader outlined several proposals in Obama's proposed budget for next year.
article_snippet: Mader include programs to reduce fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid, as well as budget increases at the IRS to combat tax fraud.
article_snippet: The Earned Income Tax Credit provides payments to low-income families through the tax code.
article_snippet: The Earned Income Tax Credit had nearly $18 billion in improper payments, for an error rate of more than 27 percent.
highlights_snippet: Medicare, Medicaid and the Earned Income Tax Credit were biggest culprits .
  
highlights_snippet: Most of Obamacare's health insurance enrollments have been new Medicaid patients .