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John Thune: “Most of the increase in spending in Medicaid has been in…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Senator John Thune Advocates for Extending Tax Cuts and Medicaid Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 06:03

And so yes, there are some improvements and reforms to Medicaid to make it more efficient, to make sure that the people who are supposed to benefit from Medicaid do and that it doesn't go to people who shouldn't benefit from Medicaid. Now Most of the increase in spending in Medicaid has been in what we call the expansion population. And that's the number of people out there for whom states get a 90% reimbursement from the federal government. And so that has grown dramatically. And what does that represent? (06:03–06:09)

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Asserts that the majority of Medicaid spending increases are due to the expansion population.

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