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Cliff Bentz: “This is a shell game designed to milk the federal government…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 30:27

That's why they're doing it, because they're going to take that money, the state is the initial 6%, and send it back to the hospital. They'll disguise it. It'll be disguised because it has to be under the rules. But This is a shell game designed to milk the federal government of more money. That's what it was. That's why in 2020, I think the federal government, somebody woke up to the fact that this shell game was being played and they put a lid on it. (30:27–30:31)

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Asserts that the provider tax system is a scheme to extract more money from the federal government.

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