09/09/2014
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"These are problems that hurt seniors and erode public confidence in the Medicare program, and to my mind, reading the testimony, are preventable."
"It is very clear that problems with Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse persist. The Medicare trust fund is already headed toward insolvency and every dollar of fraud is a dollar not dedicated to providi..."
"Every dollar lost to Medicare fraud is a dollar stolen from America's elderly and every dollar lost to improper payments, intentional or not, robs from the solvency of this important program."
"I am particularly troubled by the inspector general's revelation that Medicare pays $23 million for services to those who have died."