Eliot Engel actually said...

"I am concerned about other legislation we are considering, such as the Medicaid REPORTS Act and proposals requiring additional auditing on States that are overly burdensome."

"The question we need to be asking is, 'is the full payment that a provider receives for treating a Medicaid enrollee fair and sufficient to ensure equal access?'"

"Obviously, nobody wants fraud. We need to root it out. But we don't want to use it as a reason to kill the program."

"While I understand that there is always room for improvement, CMS has significant safeguards to minimize the impact of duplicate coverage; is that not correct?"