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Byron Donalds: “The federal government cannot continue to pay for Medicaid…”

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 20:07

We were talking about affordability earlier. One of the things that will make our state less affordable is Medicaid expansion. Because the ugly truth is The federal government cannot continue to pay for Medicaid expansion the way it was promised under Barack Obama. Two, the Affordable Care act, or really the Unaffordable Care act is not helping. That entire program needs to be reformed. So it's not about Florida doing more. (20:07–20:14)

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Asserts that the federal government cannot sustain Medicaid expansion funding as promised.

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