So we already did this. We increased funding for rural healthcare by an unprecedented record setting $50 billion over five years, which will benefit Americans in all 50 states. And This [funding increase] was made possible by cutting massive waste, fraud and abuse from Medicaid. and reinvesting those funds to revitalize hospitals and our cherished rural communities and hospitals in rural communities. (16:16–19:52)
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Asserts that the funding increase was achieved by cutting waste, fraud, and abuse from Medicaid.
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