Democrats reject amendment to cut Medicade fraud

The big excuse by Obama of how ObamaCARE will not add a single dime to the deficit is that the cuts of Medicade and Medicare fraud will save about $600 billion. Senator Cornyn of Texas proposed an amendment which would have delayed expansions in Medicaid until steps had been taken to get its error/fraud rate down to 3.9%. By a margin of 13-10, along party lines, the amendment was defeated. The vote is below, which includes Blanche Lincoln (Democrat Arkansas) who is up for re-election in 2010. Make sure you let her know how you feel about this.

Short Title: Reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicaid program.

Description of Amendment: Prior to implementing the mandatory Medicaid program expansions in the Chairman’s Mark, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must certify that states have implemented program integrity and quality improvement measures specified in the Chairman’s Mark and that the Medicaid program’s average Payment Error Rate Measurement is less than 3.9 percent.

Offset: No offset needed.

Republicans

CHUCK GRASSLEY -yes, ORRIN G. HATCH -yes, OLYMPIA J. SNOWE -yes, JON KYL -yes, JIM BUNNING -yes, MIKE CRAPO -yes, PAT ROBERTS -yes, JOHN ENSIGN -yes, MIKE ENZI -yes, JOHN CORNYN -yes

Democrats

MAX BAUCUS -no, JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER -no, KENT CONRAD -no, JEFF BINGAMAN -no, JOHN F. KERRY -no, BLANCHE L. LINCOLN -no, RON WYDEN -no, CHARLES E. SCHUMER – no, DEBBIE STABENOW -no, MARIA CANTWELL -no, BILL NELSON -no, ROBERT MENENDEZ – no, THOMAS CARPER -no

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October 1, 2009 · Filed Under Democrats, ObamaCARE


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