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Ron Johnson: “Less means actually spending less year over year. And in…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNN's New Day

Published | Video Starts at 02:22

Less means you're going to have less people covered. You hear that from governors from both parties all over this country. Less means actually spending less year over year. And in this projection, there's only one year where spending on Medicaid goes down a little bit. Then it keeps, you know, progressing upwards. So. Right. But again, you're not dealing with it in a vacuum. Senator, I know you're a businessman and you get the economic principles here. (02:22–02:31)

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Asserts that Medicaid spending decreases in only one year of the projection.

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