Christopher Shays: “Exactly. That was one. The other area was that we made health care fraud a Federal offense in terms of Medicare and…”

“Exactly. That was one. The other area was that we made health care fraud a Federal offense in terms of Medicare and Medicaid so that you would not have to find someone guilty because of wire or mail fraud but you could find them guilty for the actual offense. We all know that fraud, waste and abuse in our Medicare system is about 10 percent, if not more. That alone is a $17 billion savings.”