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Mehmet Oz: “There's been a 50% increase in the cost of Medicaid over the…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Dr. Mehmet Oz on drug prices and Medicaid changes in Trump's new tax law

Published | Video Starts at 02:08

We'll just get the numbers correct. We're putting 200 billion more dollars into Medicaid. So we're actually investing in Medicaid. Costs are going up, costs are going up. But There's been a 50% increase in the cost of Medicaid over the last five years. So I'm trying to save this beautiful program, this noble effort to help folks, giving them a hand up. And as you probably g. (02:08–02:13)

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