And the reason I did is because when I first came into state government we had 1 in 9 residents were on Medicaid with the expansion, it's 1 in 4. And when you consider that right now The federal government is covering about 90% of [Medicaid expansion costs], it's not sustainable for the federal government long term. in. But even for states, that was always the part of the budget that was crowding out everything else. Now, not to say Medicaid doesn't have an important role, it really does as part of our safety net. (08:10–08:18)
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Asserts that the federal government covers about 90% of Medicaid expansion costs, which is unsustainable long term.
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