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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Medicaid doubled during the Biden administration because we…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 20:22

It's an opportunity for fraud and state corrupt people. Fraudsters are taking that opportunity all over the country. And it's one of the reasons that Medicaid doubled during the Biden administration because we are paying for fraud now as much as for medicine. Thank you, Mr. Secretary. And we get around two, Mr. Thompson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for your persistence in getting this hearing scheduled. (20:22–20:32)

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Asserts that Medicaid spending doubled during the Biden administration due to fraud.

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