On top of that (the projected vs actual explosion) is 800B over 10 years is 80B per year.

The Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) most recent audit stated 50.3B per was fraud, waste AND payment error.  Payment error was the largest contributor.

Just fixing payment error, not that hard when you are probably dealing with a 60 year old COBOL system versus a new AI system designed and trained to check and verify every payment, alone will address a huge chunk of the 80B.  Yet, we still get weak commitment from far too many the Republicans.

The 800B over 10 years should be a drop kick.