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Donald Trump: “Since Obamacare was passed, only 7% of the annual Medicaid…”

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President Trump Participates in The Great, Historic Investment in Rural Health Roundtable

Published | Video Starts at 20:50

It's called the unaffordable. It is unaffordable. Remember that rural hospitals and communities were devastated by soaring costs and that continues despite colossal increases in government spending. Since Obamacare was passed, only 7% of the annual Medicaid spending on rural hospitals has gone to rural hospitals. So there's only a very little. They didn't care. Obama didn't care about the rural community. To be totally blunt, what he did care about is insurance companies. (20:50–20:59)

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Asserts that only 7% of annual Medicaid spending on rural hospitals has actually gone to rural hospitals since Obamacare was enacted.

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