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Joe Pitts: “CMS estimates that out of that $555 billion, $44 billion--nearly 8 percent--were improper payments.”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
CMS estimates that out of that $555 billion, $44 billion--nearly 8 percent--were improper payments.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts discusses the issue of improper payments in Medicare.

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