Democrats emphasize the cuts in growth in Medicaid because there were work requirements. Yeah. And what do you say to that? I think what has happened with our health care system is the fact that We're spending almost 500, I'm sorry, $5 trillion a year on health care. that the costs have gotten absolutely out of control. And it's because of the expansion of it. The expansion, they always say, is going to be temporary, just to fix a hole during COVID but they end up becoming permanent. (05:29–05:35)
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