Michael Burgess actually said...

Anything we can do to strengthen the controls to prevent overpayment and fraud is great with me, because the hard working Americans in all 5...

Each of those dollars that is spent inappropriately is a dollar not spent on a patient, and is, in fact, a wasted taxpayer dollar.

I am also concerned about allowing entities engaging in fraud to continue to receive Federal funds.

I think it is important to put this discussion of improper payment rates in context with large scale financing of other public and private s...