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Byron Donalds: “Medicaid expansion in other states has really put a major…”

Featuring: Byron Donalds, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 19

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Byron Donalds on 2026 Florida Governor's Race, fixing Florida's affordability crisis with Trump

Published | Video Starts at 19:45

When it comes to, you know, things like Medicaid and things like that, should there be a larger role that the state plays to make sure costs stay down for people? Well, first and foremost, we're not going to expand Medicaid in our state. Medicaid expansion in other states has really put a major burden on those states. where their budgets have ballooned and they really have no way of getting costs under control, which then bleeds into the taxpayer and then the taxpayer has to come up with more money. (19:45–19:51)

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