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Ron Johnson: “For every dollar a state puts into [normal Medicaid], the…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Budget Reconciliation and Medicaid Reform on Tudor Dixon Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 03:55

In the Medicaid expansion is what they call it. The reason you want to stop doing that is for normal Medicaid, you know, designed for the vulnerable, disabled children. For every dollar a state puts into [normal Medicaid], the federal government kicks in on average about $1.33. But the Medicaid expansion, the Obamacare portion that Democrats wanted to turn Obamacare into single payer system. So they incentivize the states, for every dollar they spend on a single adult, we kick in nine bucks. (03:55–04:02)

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Asserts that for normal Medicaid, the federal government contributes $1.33 for every state dollar.

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