John Kennedy tells Democratic witness to ‘put down the bong’ for denying Medicaid fraud

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told a Democratic witness at a congressional hearing to “put down the bong” for denying the pervasiveness of financial fraud in Medicaid, the joint state-federal health insurance program for low-income people.  Andy Schneider, professor of public policy at Georgetown University, received a tongue-lashing from Kennedy on Tuesday for saying he did…