Vern Buchanan actually said...

When you have a large program, 600 billion--650 billion, 10 percent is over a billion dollars a week in improper payments.

We have a responsibility to all of them and to the taxpayers to ensure that care is high quality.

Understanding payment errors is important, as every dollar reported lost in error serves to undermine the good works of the program.

Bad actors are real, and it is important that we continue to provide support for the effort to combat fraud.