We looked to program integrity. Why? Because we owed that to the American taxpayers. We got ineligible recipients off of Medicaid and we cut out the fraud, waste and abuse. The CBO said they've calculated it saved $185 billion for American taxpayers and reduced premiums we reformed it to strengthen Medicaid. Those same principles are going to guide us in the months, in the weeks, the days and weeks and months forward. As Leader Scalise noted, we have some low hanging fruit. (09:49–10:00)
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