So, like in so many ways, the Beto campaign has been misleading Texas. This is just another way in which Beto is misleading Texas about Medicaid expansion. Let me give you several examples. When Texas first joined Medicaid, it cost $50 million a year. Now it costs $32 billion a year. And then you look at large states that expanded their Medicaid programs like California and New York, and they both agreed that it cost them far more than what they expected. (04:07–04:21)
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Asserts the cost of Medicaid in Texas has increased from $50 million to $32 billion annually.
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