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Paul Tonko: Right. And where we saw overpayment for services provided, where there was unnecessary profit accrued in certain areas…

On the recordJune 23, 2011
Right. And where we saw overpayment for services provided, where there was unnecessary profit accrued in certain areas, we said enough is enough. The taxpayers shouldn't pay for adding to the profit column beyond reason for those private sector types that said they can do it cheaper, which was the claim. We can do it cheaper. Let us have this Medicare Advantage model, and we will show you how we can provide benefits. It didn't require such vast overpayment. {time} 1920
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York
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Jun 23, 2011

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