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Diana DeGette: “Beneficiary fraud amounts to 1/10 of 1% of Medicaid.”

Featuring: Diana DeGette, Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado, District 1

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Diana DeGette Criticizes Republican Health Care Bill and Medicaid Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 04:54

Thank you. Now, the other thing we're going to hear about, and I don't have much time so we can talk about it later, is beneficiary fraud. Beneficiary fraud amounts to 1/10 of 1% of Medicaid. You tell me how you're going to save $715 billion through eliminating, quote, beneficiary fraud. With that, I yield back. (04:54–05:01)

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Asserts that beneficiary fraud constitutes 0.1% of Medicaid.

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