Tom Coburn actually said...

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

"We also had testimony on MSIS audits that they do not include provider identification. These audits are worthless if you cannot source data to the provider, because that is where it starts."

"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..."

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