Millions of Americans rely on Medicaid what do you say to Americans that are concerned right now that they could lose their health care? Well, the statement that it requires huge cuts to Medicaid benefits is simply not true. I mean, The GAO, Pamela, says that there's $50 billion a year annually in fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid. You can get $500 billion over the 10 year window just by cleaning up the waste, fraud and abuse. So first, I disagree with the way that that's teed up. (09:54–10:03)
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