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Rick Scott: “States pay from 50% to as little as 15% [of Medicaid costs]…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Sen. Rick Scott Discusses Protecting Medicaid, Closing Fraud Loopholes at Budget Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

… the states would pay a portion and the states would pay a portion out of their own taxes. Right? Correct, right. And I guess, you know, it goes from what, … States pay from 50% to as little as 15% [of Medicaid costs] depending on the income level of the state. … they spend a dollar, federal government contributes a dollar. Poorest states, they spend a dollar, Federal government contributes $3. But for all states, wealthy or not, when Obamacare expanded to able bodied adults, it was 9010. (00:26–00:31)

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