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Dave McCormick: “The number of people who receive [Medicaid] has stayed the…”

Featuring: Dave McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Senator McCormick Delivers Remarks at the Pennsylvania Press Club

Published | Video Starts at 39:18

And the starting point is that in Pennsylvania over the last five years, Medicaid has gone from $28 billion a year to 43. Now the interesting thing about that is The number of people who receive [Medicaid] has stayed the same at about 3 million. Just put that fact aside for a second. The second thing is that what the bill does, it's been growing at double digit, but what the projections were going forward were 6% a year for Medicaid. (39:18–39:22)

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Asserts that the number of Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania remained constant despite increased spending.

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