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Ron Johnson: “Medicaid now reimburses providers at two or three times the…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Federal Reconciliation Budget Bill and Economic Policies

Published | Video Starts at 10:20

Again, that's why I opposed Obamacare. I knew it would screw things up. And it has now. Now states and healthcare providers have pretty well figured out how to game the system. Medicaid now reimburses providers at two or three times the rate of Medicare. because they've been able to game the system. Because that disparity between what the federal government kicks in for an able bodied, single, childless adult, again, this is absurd. (10:20–10:25)

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