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Rick Scott: “The Medicaid program was originally set up for seniors…”

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 00:04

All right, thank you Chairman. Thanks for holding this. Dr. Blaze. The Medicaid program was originally set up for seniors, children, pregnant women, and disabled. Right, correct. And the reason it was set up the way it was was that the federal government would pay a portion and the states would pay a portion and the states would pay a portion out of their own taxes. (00:04–00:09)

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Asserts the original intent of the Medicaid program.

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