Buddy Carter: “We've got an aging population.”

“But secondly, health care, you know, I've seen through the years the escalating cost of health care right now in our budget. Medicaid and Medicare is the fastest growing area in our budget, and We've got an aging population. So we've got to get health care costs under control. And that's going to take a concerted effort and some changes.” (16:29–16:32)

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