Tom Harkin actually said...

So a lot of times we think about Medicare fraud and abuse, waste, you know you think well, there's somebody out there, some person out there that's putting in for something that they shouldn't get.

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Harkin discusses misconceptions about Medicare fraud focusing on individuals instead of corporations.

03/09/2010

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