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Capitol hill. Gao officials and health and Human Services Department Inspector general testifying in a hearing that just got under way, house subcommittee, hearing about potential areas of fraud and abuse in the 2010 health care law. Youre watching live coverage here on cspan 3. Welcome mr. Mitchell to the committee this afternoon. Lets start with Opening Statements and get right to our witnesses and we appreciate our witnesses being here today, talking about an important this important subject....

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the newly refurbished, excuse me, well, i want to call it the oversight Investigation Committee room which is sometimes used by energy and commerce, and what a but beautiful room. It is more conducive to the good hearing. This is the the first one of the 115th congress and welcome here, and welcome in the Witnesses Today. This is the and welcome back to my friend and colleague Ranking Member from colorado. This is our Medicaid Oversight Committee on existing pr...

That is the discussion we need to be having. Is it fair to say most of the people who are in the waiting list who are develop mentally disabled traumatic brain injured people and those with serious Mental Illness are on medicaid, a different type of population and what has been your findings with the governors with respect to how most of them would like to take care of this population if there are consensus among governors, what is the governor, the legislature to deal with respect to the popula...

The hearing will come to order. My understanding is that the democrat caucus has not designated who all the members are. We need to do unanimous consent that all members be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing without objection, so ordered. Welcome to the new congress. If you would like a we have mr. Mitchell and i know a number of other new members will be joining us from the democrats side, as well. So i want to welcome mr. Mitchell to the committee this afternoon. Lets start with Op...

The hearing will come to order. My understanding is that the democrat caucus has not designated who all the members are. We need to do unanimous consent that all members be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing without objection, so ordered. Welcome to the new congress. If you would like a we have mr. Mitchell and i know a number of other new members will be joining us from the democrats side, as well. So i want to welcome mr. Mitchell to the committee this afternoon. Lets start with Op...

But the congress and the government created a situation where the states are rewarded for cutting traditional medicare which deals mostly with children and people who are in greater need and that because of that disincentive or incentive to spend it on the new folks, the newly found undermedicaid, under the new categories, we create the situation where states have to make a decision as to whether they quicken the shortage on the waivers, get rid of the waivers as fast as they can or spend money ...

Congressman delauro or congressman reed need any introduction whatsoever. I have always been haunted by something barney frank said once when he was introduced somewhere, saying now barney frank, who needs no introduction. His response was, just once, id like to hear that introduction that people dont think i need. Rosa de lauro is a congressman from my hometown in new haven. She comes from a very strong line of women politicians. Her mom was an alderman and now 103 years old. Rosa has been in C...

Good morning everyone. Welcome to the newly refurbished oversight investigation room. This is the first one of 115th congress. Welcome here and welcome our Witnesses Today. Welcome back to my friend and colleague. This is our medicaid oversight hearing on ways to strengthen the program. The Sub Committee convenes to examine patient and Affordable Care act. Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion. It provides Health Care Coverage for over 70 million americans and accounts for more than 15 of health dacar...

Good morning everyone. Welcome to the newly refurbished oversight investigation room. This is the first one of 115th congress. Welcome here and welcome our Witnesses Today. Welcome back to my friend and colleague. This is our medicaid oversight hearing on ways to strengthen the program. The Sub Committee convenes to examine patient and Affordable Care act. Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion. It provides Health Care Coverage for over 70 million americans and accounts for more than 15 of health dacar...

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the newly refurbished i dont want to call it the oversight investigation room. Which is sometimes used by energy and commerce. What a beautiful room. And it will be more conducive to hearings. This is the first of the 115th congress. Welcome here. And welcome to our Witnesses Today. This is our and welcome back to my friend and colleague, Ranking Member from colorado. This is our medicaid oversight hearing on ways to strengthen the problem. The subcommittee con...