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Medicaid supplemental payments are going up, but it's difficult to know by how much because states don't always keep accurate data, according to a study by the Government Accountability Office.

Supplemental payments reached an estimated $32 billion in 2010, according to the report.  They are payments by states to hospitals and other providers to help offset Medicaid costs and pay for the uninsured.

But states' reporting of the payments is sometimes incomplete, making an accurate total difficult, the GAO said.

It's unknown how power companies might respond to four recent Environmental Protection Agency regulations, said the Government Accountability Office.

Many potential problems could be avoided, but there is no joint endeavor to monitor the industry between the EPA, Energy Department and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the report said.

Dona Ana County in New Mexico misspent about $200,000 given by the Department of Justice to help cover court costs for drug-related cases, according to the DOJ's Inspector General.

The money is part of a $10 million effort to help local governments fund drug-related prosecutions.  The report found that Dona Ana County over-billed the government for pre-trial expenses.

The results of President Barack Obama's healthcare plan might not be as dramatic as some people think, but it’s difficult to predict what could happen said an investigation by the Government Accountability Office.

The total number of people receiving insurance from their employer could decrease by up to 2.5 percent or increase by up to 2.7 percent - not exactly earth-shattering numbers.