host: steve, you are on the air with lewis morris.aller: how come there is a two-year wait -- i am on social security -- i was on medicaid to get my medicare. mandatory two-year wait. they said you have to wait two years to get medicaid and medicare. i don't have guest: -- guest: i don't have expertise in that part of our programs. i suggest you reach out to the medicare folks and have them explain to you what is going on at there. i don't have an answer to you, to be honest. host: debra has an email. medicaid is as critical to the welfare of our country as medicare is and we have to do everything possible to prevent fraud in that area as well. there are a couple of important aspects to the anti-fraud measures in a medicaid. every state in the country as a medicaid fraud control unit, funded by a to jazz, and we provide oversight of those -- funded by hhs, and we provide oversight of those. they have tremendous expertise, particularly in the area of long-term care at protecting the interests of medicaid beneficiaries. there also are a