John Thune: “Waivers that the Biden administration issued to California…”

“Use of this loophole, which sees states inflate the price of health care services provided through Medicaid in order to garner larger reimbursement from the federal government, has been a problem for quite a while now. And thanks to Waivers that the Biden administration issued to California and other blue states [allowed] them to further exploit a similar loophole. taxpayers were on the hook for tens of billions of dollars in new spending. So Republicans took action to rein in this abuse and reduce the bills that states are running up for taxpayers.” (03:49–03:56)

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