Tom Coburn actually said...

"If we were to block grant Medicaid to the States, making them fully responsible--not taking away any of their dollars, making them fully responsible, take the Federal laws, let them do it, what we wil..."

"Well, I think that tells us one problem: No accountability, no responsibility, no consequence for failure."

"But overall, government total spending was $1 billion, and we got $4 billion in savings."

"If the doctors who are signing false certifications for home health are not going to jail, you are not sending the signal for other doctors to change their behavior."