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Rick Scott: “We give more money to states to take care of able bodied…”

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

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MEDICAID SWINDLE: Senator sounds alarm on 'OUT OF CONTROL' fraud

Published | Video Starts at 02:32

First off, the way it's structured to where these states can use all sorts of gimmicks to get all this free federal money. And we as the federal government, We give more money to states to take care of able bodied adults than we do disabled Americans. This is the most foolish setup program ever. So there's so much fraud though in the system, there's no reason. Health care costs. What costs? I ran the largest hospital company in the world. (02:32–02:38)

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Asserts that more federal money is given to states for able-bodied adults than for disabled Americans.

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