And his refusal to come and even negotiate, his saying that health care is some sort of, you know, ancillary issue to what we're dealing with here, his allowing government to shut down in order to say it's my way or the highway. And. About 40% of all births, and that's far higher in Mike Johnson's district, are covered by Medicaid. It's almost 65% of the births in Louisiana. And we're saying that, you know, those cuts to Medicaid, this will just somehow trickle down from the billionaires and provide health care, reopen maternity wards across this country. (19:32–19:41)
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Asserts that Medicaid covers about 40% of all births, with higher coverage in certain districts.
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