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Vern Buchanan: When you have a large program, 600 billion--650 billion, 10 percent is over a billion dollars a week in improper…

On the recordJuly 18, 2017
When you have a large program, 600 billion--650 billion, 10 percent is over a billion dollars a week in improper payments.
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Vern Buchanan
Republican · Florida

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Buchanan highlights the significant financial impact of improper payments in Medicare.

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