Tom Schatz

@ThomasASchatz , President of @GovWaste, joins @Andrew_Langer on the Lunch Hour podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about federal spending, healthcare policy and the challenge of cutting government waste. Schatz discusses pork-barrel spending and congressional earmarks, the national debt, universal basic income and the debate over government’s role in healthcare. The conversation then turns to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), its record on healthcare spending and efforts by Schatz and other advocates to eliminate the program. Andrew and Tom also examine the broader debate over the size and role of government, the legacy of the Reagan era, regulatory policy, broadband spending and the proper role of government in artificial intelligence. Finally, Schatz discusses the current priorities of Citizens Against Government Waste and the organization’s continuing efforts to identify waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement across the federal government. youtube.com/watch?v=Jm175qgo…