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Kevin Cramer: “The federal outlay has grown 800%.”

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

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Senator Kevin Cramer Discusses Medicaid Reforms and Fiscal Policy on Capitol Hill

Published | Video Starts at 04:09

The, the fact for example, that that Medicaid in the last four years under Joe Biden has accelerated so quickly that the state taxes the, that many states are using has quadrupled in that same time frame. The federal outlay has grown 800%. That's the federal taxpayers funding to the states has gone up 800%. So we have to stop this because there will be no Medicaid for anybody if we don't get it under control. (04:09–04:13)

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Asserts that federal funding for Medicaid has increased by 800% under Joe Biden.

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