We casually cite dollar figures that are incomprehensible to most people.
The Federal Government spends roughly $3.5 trillion every year. I'm going to repeat that number: $3.5 trillion.
There were about $125 billion of this kind of accidental--or improper--spending in the last fiscal year alone.
About 1 out of every 10 dollars paid out of Medicare was paid in error. That is unacceptable.
I think we are going to have an interesting and informative conversation about these issues today.
Just to put that in context, the government paid more in improper Medicaid payments last year than it spends in a year f...
The time for addressing it is long past due.
I happen to believe we have got the best higher education system in the world here in the United States.
Kevin McCarthy should apologize for this, should retract his statement.
I appreciate what he is doing there and the insight that you have given us today.
You've been very generous with your time.
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We have to look at all of this in the totality for the 3.5 million citizens who have served this country.
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That doesn't happen in California, and that's because standard benefit designs for both on and off exchange in the indiv...
