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Ron Johnson: “Obamacare's addition to [Medicaid] incentivize states to…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson's Wisconsin Town Hall: Addressing Federal Spending, Medicaid, and Immigration Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 26:33

The states are going to administer it, not the federal government. States do, but they need significant skin in the game to control cost, to control eligibility, so it doesn't grow out of control. Okay, Obamacare's addition to [Medicaid] incentivize states to sign up single, able-bodied, working-age, childless adults. Because for every dollar the state spends for that, the federal government kicks in $9. Now, it's legalized fraud. So what the states have done based on that incentives, they've done things like provider taxes and provider fees. (26:33–47:51)

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Claims Obamacare encourages states to enroll more able-bodied adults in Medicaid.

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