He said he didn't have any kind of problem with a governmental program. He said he never had to give back a nickel or dime.

No one really ever asked why he didn't apply for it. This is an assumption. It's not an easy thing to get. It takes a year, maybe two years through the application process. ... Now, looking back at it, he knew about his situation in the other state.

I guess we had talked about his background and questioned him about Medicare. He said he had no problems with Medicare in the past.

They operated under our Medicare number. We leased the space to them, but they did not have a Medicare-provider arrangement.

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

The plain import of the clause is, that congress shall have all the incidental and instrumental powers, necessary and proper to carry into execution all the express powers. It neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to congress. But it is merely a declaration for the removal of all uncertainty, that the means of carrying into execution those, otherwise granted, are included in the grant.