For example, there's one arrest Arrested in Houston this week, it was writing massive amounts of opioid scripts. Why? Because he's getting massive paydays from patients. You could have the same, same exact thing happening there. For years, efforts to rein in waste have nibbled around the edges, shaving off a million here and a million there. While skeptics and liberals argued that the cost cutting exercise was pointless because the lion's share of federal spending was locked up in, quote, non discretionary spending like health care, … (17:08–17:16)
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Asserts that past efforts to reduce waste have been minimal and ineffective.
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