bureaucrats who get paid essentially for the access they can provide for the knowledge they have. right. do you know that there s a group, a health care think tank that newt founded that would offer a service called access to newt gingrich and direct newt interaction. i mean, seriously. you better use protection if you let me read the story because that s the funny part. the post is reporting this health care think tank that gingrich founded collected at least $37 million since 2003 from major health care companies and industry groups. promotional materials for the group called center for health transformation offered some insurers and health care firms access to newt gingrich and direct newt interaction and the biggest funders were eligible to receive discounts on workshops from other gingrich groups. gingrich left the think tank earlier this year to run for president. the post asked the campaign for comment and they referred them to the think tank which said
university sports program. a coach is faced on leave and we will hear from a friend of the accuser. it s called 821. you probably haven t heard about it. a united nations development program has become a code word for conservatives and newt gingrich is taking full advantage. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, herman cain. he certainly has become the first of the 2012 republican presidential candidates to get protection from the secret service. there are some questions about the timing and reasons why. herman cain himself is due to meet with reporters live this hour. we will hear the q&a. we will go to joe johns looking into this story. what do we know? reporter: cain is the first to get this protection but not going to be the last. we all know that. frankly it is to be expected, doing well in the polls and qualifies as a major candidate. when and why certain presidential candidates get secret service protection may seem like a big mystery. it s n
government. the numbers are staggering for last year. department of health and human services medicare fee for service, 34.3 billion improper payments. medicine medicaid 22.5 billion dollars. unemployment insurance department of labor overpayment 17.5 billion. billions and billions of dollars. that seems like it would be so politically attractive that any party would seize upon an opportunity to do that. i think it is frankly mystifying. at the center for health transformation a couple years ago we published a book called stop buy paying the crooks. we thought that title would be catchy enough that washington pay attention. we believe the total amount of fraud and theft in medicare and medicaid is 720 billions a year. greta: but why? i can t tell you. ibp and dell and other
government. the numbers are staggering for last year. department of health and human services medicare fee for service, 34.3 billion improper payments. medicine medicaid 22.5 billion dollars. unemployment insurance department of labor overpayment 17.5 billion. billions and billions of dollars. that see like it would be so politically attractive that any party would seize upon an opportunity to do that. i think it is frankly mystifying. at the center for health transformation a couple years ago we published a book called stop buy paying the crooks. we thought that title would be catchy enough that washington pay attention. we believe the total amount of fraud and theft in medicare and medicaid is 720 billions a year. greta: but why? i can t tell you. ibp and dell and other
trying to help grow and strengthen the house republican party. i want to make sure every house republican is protected from some let me say on the record, any ad which quotes what i said sunday is a falsehood. i have said publicly, those would evers were inaccurate and unfortunate. i m prepared to stand up when i make a mistake and i m going to on occasion i want to share with the american people that was a mistake. that way we can have an honest conversation. greta: what did congressman ryan say to your apology? we had a good private conversation. weigh we are going to work together to make sure that we agreed we are going to work together to make sure the democrats can t misuse information and make sure we work to the. because i did help create the center for health transformation there are a lot of things we can do to enable us to have a better program. to make sure we get a better medicare system that people want to have. that they voluntarily want to