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Tammy Baldwin: “We know that fraud and waste exist in the system.”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published February 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 06:10

And despite your concerns, do you see areas where you could work with the administration on health policy? Certainly the degree to which they want to literally improve efficiency, to go after fraud, to go after waste. We know that fraud and waste exist in the system. and we have to be very careful in approaching that to make sure that we are not ripping away health care from people who desperately need that. (06:10–06:24)

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