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Kevin Cramer: “The expansion of Medicaid was a way through Obamacare for…”

Featuring: Kevin Cramer, Republican | U.S. Senate from North Dakota

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US Senator Kevin Cramer from Episode 615

Published | Video Starts at 21:39

And just so people understand what the provider tax is, what's at issue here, when states were allowed the opportunity and North Dakota did take advantage of the opportunity to expand, and you guys probably understand that. And The expansion of Medicaid was a way through Obamacare for people who weren't in the traditional Medicaid categories. Right, the poor single moms, elderly, in the cases of nursing homes and whatnot, to add them to the Medicaid roles. That gave a lot of deference to states. (21:39–21:48)

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Asserts that Medicaid expansion under Obamacare included people not in traditional Medicaid categories.

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