mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent that governor quinn's full statement be included in the hearing record. >> without objection so what are. >> thank you. governor barbour, you have talked about the reason that infant mortality rates, et cetera are in mississippi and also you are talking about in terms of medicaid, we have people pull up to the pharmacy window in a bmw and say they can't afford their copayment. first of all, let me say that the federal government has made fraud in medicare and medicaid top priority and has for the first time or resources into doing that. would you say that mississippi uniquely, because other states it's really provider fraud that is the whole cut the fraud that goes on in medicare and medicaid asking for reimbursement of care that really wasn't given. would you say inures date date problem in front? >> congresswomen, my understanding is that's not considered fraud. in the federal rules of the person says they can afford to make a copayment, the provider can challenge it. of course the sad thing about that for a state doesn't save any money. it's the provi

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mr. chairman i ask unanimous consent that governor quinn's full statement be included in the full hearingrecord. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you. governor barbour, you have talked about the reason that infant mortality rates etc. are up in mississippi and also you were talking about in terms of medicaid, we have people pull up to the pharmacy window in a bmw and say they can't afford their co-payment. first of all, let me say that the federal government has made fraud in medicare and medicaid a top priority and has for the first time really put resources into doing that. but would you say that mississippi uniquely, because other states, it is really provider fraud that is the bulk of the fraud that goes on in medicare and medicaid, asking for reimbursement of care that really wasn't given or prescription drugs. would you say in your state it is your people who are defrauding the big problem in fraud? >> congresswoman, my understanding is that that is not considered fraud, that in the federal rules of the person says they can afford to pay the co-payment that provider can't

mr. edwards' knowledge or in coordination with him. >> reporter: edwards' mistress testified before the grand jury in north carolina. bringing edwards' daughter, francis quinnalong for the session. but the most damming evidence may have come from edwards former aide, andrew young, saying at edwards' request, he claimed he was the father. young told bob woodruff that he was part of an elaborate coverup that edwards helped to orchestrate, even if edwards didn't know all the details. >> but he knew about the money. he knew about the methodology and he knew about the sources. >> reporter: and young gave prosecutors left on his phone by edwards. seemingly expressing gratitude for his help in the cover-up. >> i just wanted you to hear that. and once again, to tell you that i love you. i really love you, andrew. >> reporter: of course, that love disappeared when young went public with allegations of the cover-up and a sex tape, involving edwards and his mistress. lawyers in the case say a decision on the next step will come by the end of the month. as an indication of just how big a problem edwards may have, it was revealed thursday that edwards had hired one of w

mr. quinnoes a very good job of explaining why the interference proceeding is largely an illusory remedy for small and independent inventors. i will quote from what he said." the independent inventors and small entities, those typically viewed as benefiting from the current first to invent system, realisticcally could never benefit from such a system. to prevail as the first to invent and second to file, you must prevail in an interference proceeding, and according to 2005 data from the aipla, the average cost through an interference is over $600,000. so let's not kid ourselves. the first to invent system cannot be used by independent inventors in any real logical or intellectually honest way as supported by the reality of the numbers above. first to invent is largely a feel good approach to patents where the underdog at least has a chance if they happen to have have $600,000 in disposable income to invest on the crap shoot that is an interference proceeding." end of quote. obviously, the parti