Thanks for that testimony. I thought your testimony was just excellent and enjoyed reading it and hearing it in here today.
Thomas Carper
The Public Record
One of the things that Senator Coburn and I had worked on for a number of years was the issue of improper payments.
Well, might that work the other way for the private health insurance companies if they decide not to pay a claim under the Medigap----
I want to lower expectations. It is actually $20 billion over 10 years, but if you can do the $20 billion a year, we will take it.
I also would second the comment about enhanced information sharing and just to ensure that as that occurs, that we take into account privacy and security considerations.
Those are the kind of answers that we give. You are not supposed to do that. You have to be more specific.
What I always say here, and Scott has heard this a million times already, everything I do, I know I can do better.
The second half of that question--anything you want to add about activities where CMS's performance might be wanting in this regard?





