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On the recordMarch 24, 2010
this amendment saves $6.5 billion over the next 10 years for what it does on fraudulent Medicaid prescriptions-- $6.5 billion--$650 million a year on fraudulent prescriptions. It also creates a prohibition so that erectile dysfunction drugs are not paid for by the American taxpayers to convicted rapists, those convicted of sexual assault, and pedophiles in this country. You can say a lot of things about a lot of amendments. This is not a game amendment; it actually saves money. All the States are struggling with Medicaid. This is a way to spread $650 million a year to the States.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Mar 24, 2010

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Senator Coburn discusses an amendment aimed at saving money on Medicaid and preventing certain individuals from receiving specific drugs.

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