The Republican chair of a key House subcommittee said he’s not for “cuts” in healthcare entitlements while seeking savings.

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, said GOP lawmakers will certainly try to erase fraudulent spending in Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid.

“I’m for all of that because what we’re doing now isn’t working,” Buchanan said of finding entitlement savings during an interview at Politico’s Health Care Summit on Wednesday.

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