richest americans on the backs of seniors. get real, what we re medicare is trillions of dollars in the hole and you re talking tiny subsidy programs. 3 billion dollars is tiny. let s see how you feel about that when we talk about planned parenthood funding. and you think it s too much. and 3 billion dollars to companies who make 120 billion dollars a year in profits is it ridiculous, todd. you know that and you re a responsible guy and you know you know that. last word, last one, todd. that was a distraction, too, let s focus on the big issues, trillions in savings, that s what we need to keep the programs safe. gentlemen. we have to act like grown-ups and can t do it with our backs to wall. that s why we need an up or down vote now. well, people are waiting for the vote. voters are waiting for that vote. we ll have to see what happens, when the president meets separately and hopefully together. thank you gentlemen, passionate about the issue, both sides.
want to hear. as i said, i think the way that particular thing came out was not as clear and decisive as it should have been. i think we can do a number of things like stop paying the crooks which would save 70 to 120 billion dollars a year. give seniors the right to choose and the right to have a series of choices, which the liberal democrats don t like to give seniors the right to do. we can design a program the only point i was making was, when you tackle something the size of medicare, and i ve done this before, i helped reform welfare, two out of three people went to work or school. in 96, i helped reform medicare. i think it is possible to talk with the american people. to get an enormous level of support and to make it a political advantage to have offered a better medicare program with better outcomes and greater choices for seniors. i think that can be done. i think this is the beginning of that process.
as i said, i think the way that particular thing came out was not as clear and decisive as it should have been. i think we can do a number of things like stop paying the crooks which would save 70 to 120 billion dollars a year. give seniors the right to choose and the right to have a series of choices, which the liberal democrats don t like to give seniors the right to do. we can design a program the only point i was making was, when you tackle something the size of medicare, and i ve done this before, i helped reform welfare, two out of three people went to work or school. in 96, i helped reform medicare. i think it is possible to talk with the american people. to get an enormous level of support and to make it a political advantage to have offered a better medicare program with better outcomes and greater choices for seniors. i think that can be done. i think this is the beginning of that process.
i think the answer is yes. we can give seniors many more choices. i believe and i ve talked to people at ibm, american express and visa, i think we can save 70 to 120 billion dollars a year by having a more effective method of managing medicare and medicaid. we are paying the crooks literally that amount. we wrote a book called stop paying the crooks. it is amazing how much money your government wastes that ought to go to doctors or saved but shouldn t be going to professional crooks. greta: the discussion now is that it is something we are going to run out of money for? not that it is necessarily a program that people don t like. now, we handled the paul ryan problem. you ve done at apology. he s a good guy i m sure he s accepted it. you wake up to the wall street journal . they hit you hard. they said gingrich to house gop drop dead.
with and they will like. i think the answer is yes. we can give seniors many more choices. i believe and i ve talked to people at ibm, american express and visa, i think we can save 70 to 120 billion dollars a year by having a more effective method of managing medicare and medicaid. we are paying the crooks literally that amount. we wrote a book called stop paying the crooks. it is amazing how much money your government wastes that ought to go to doctors or saved but shouldn t be going to professional crooks. greta: the discussion now is that it is something we are going to run out of money for? not that it is necessarily a program that people don t like. now, we handled the paul ryan problem. you ve done at apology. he s a good guy i m sure he s accepted it. you wake up to the wall street journal . they hit you hard. they said gingrich to house