Mike Johnson: “Medicaid has been rife with fraud and abuse.”

“It was a great marquee achievement for lots of reasons. One of the most, some of the most important provisions in that law was that it eliminated fraud and abuse of our health system. Medicaid has been rife with fraud and abuse. And so we reformed it. Why? To help provide more, more and better health services for the American people. Because the problem with Medicaid is it's been abused.” (15:24–15:28)

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