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John Barrasso: “There are still 1.2 million illegal immigrants on Medicaid…”

Featuring: John Barrasso, Republican | U.S. Senate Wyoming

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Sen. John Barrasso says Medicaid has become 'a magnet' for waste, fraud and abuse

Published | Video Starts at 02:02

I do want to ask you something on foreign policy, though, because there's been a lot of focus. Well, let me just point that. Let me just point out there that There are still 1.2 million illegal immigrants on Medicaid because states have set up money laundering schemes to drain Medicaid to pay for illegal immigrants. And the study that you have talked about earlier about the 92% that is the Kaiser foundation, that has clearly been debunked. There are lots of people that ought to be working. (02:02–02:13)

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Asserts that states have money laundering schemes to fund Medicaid for illegal immigrants.

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