Political Quotes

“Evidently, this is what gutting Medicaid looks like. You see it goes up 25 percent over 10 years. This only happens in Washington, D.C. Mr. Speaker, the difference between the last administration and the current one is the last administration restricted the States from cleaning up the Medicaid rolls and verifying eligibility. I don't know what coalition in the House of Representatives is for that. Apparently, it is the same one that is for over $100 billion lost annually to improper payments. There is a coalition here, Mr. Speaker, that wants to take tax dollars and pay $100 billion, losing it annually to improper payments. What we are asking the States to do is verify eligibility and issue payments to protect people in poverty, pregnant women, the disabled, and children. Mr. Speaker, what the Republican plan is doing is saving Medicare for the people it was intended to be there for. ____________________”