Josh Stein: “If you're in a rural area and there's a healthcare provider…”

“Make sure that our healthcare system continues to work and understand the consequences of their failure. Do not fall only on people who have Medicaid for health insurance. If you're in a rural area and there's a healthcare provider that you go to who also serves people on Medicaid, if they're not getting enough money to keep their doors open and they have to shutter, all patients will suffer. Not just Medicaid patients, but private payer patients as well. And then your second question on. Private payers. It is the way the system works.” (45:44–45:59)

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