I think that view is too short-sighted.

I hope that today's hearing is not intended to undermine Medicaid or to provide a political plug for Paul Ryan's plan for block granting Medicaid and dismantling Federal oversight.

The Obama Administration has not taken any serious actions to prevent inappropriate State leveraging of Federal Medicaid money; rather, the stimulus bill made it more advantageous for States to figure out how to game the Federal Medicaid…

I have always felt that waste, fraud, and abuse have no place in Government programming.

I want to thank you for your very informative and clarifying information.

We must ensure Medicaid remains strong and under Federal oversight and distribution.

I don't want to leave here, looking back at my tenure in Congress, and say I was involved in one of those moments where we did nothing and it just got worse.

Is there any wonder why the American people have lost faith in the way we do things here?

opponents of health reform legislation have unfairly characterized the Affordable Care Act as resulting in 'an unprecedented expansion of the IRS powers.'

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for calling this hearing. Because understanding health care costs is a very difficult and complex item.

This $8.3 billion, unappropriated bailout of the President's flawed Obamacare will do.