Lisa Demuth: “The $9 billion number came from attorney Joe Thompson when he was saying you look over 14 Medicaid programs…”

“We don't know the extent of it. Do you think it's $9 billion of fraud? The $9 billion, does the number matter? Yeah. Then, then. Well, two ways to look at that, Jason. The $9 billion number came from attorney Joe Thompson when he was saying you look over 14 Medicaid programs, and most of them had fraud in the, in there to some way or some extent. You know, we can split hairs as far as talking about what has been prosecuted, what has been charged. I know additional people just went to jail just recently, again, on Feeding Our Future.” (04:08–04:22)

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