But as you know, in the working families tax cut legislation, which I believe saved Medicaid, and the reason I say that is Our actuarials told us we would be spending 5.4 trillion more dollars for this program over the next decade if we didn't deal with some of the legalized money laundering that was siphoning money out of the program. Part of the reason that this is so attractive to states is they could take money in ways that it was not designed to be used, paying people along the way so they didn't have to pay for it themselves. (34:18–34:30)
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Asserts that without addressing financial issues, Medicaid would cost $5.4 trillion more over the next decade.
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