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J. D. Vance: “My mamaw, she couldn't afford her Medicaid payments. She…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 12:14

And when I talk about generations of grandparents raising generations of grandchildren, that's exactly who I think about, because I remember My mamaw, she couldn't afford her Medicaid payments. She couldn't afford the prescription drugs that she needed. She sometimes couldn't even afford food for both me and her. Those are the people who suffer when we have the policies that we've had over the last three and a half years. (12:14–12:22)

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Claims that his grandmother struggled to afford Medicaid and prescription drugs.

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