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Ron Johnson: “On Medicaid, using the Medicaid card to buy opiate drugs to…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson: Uncovering the Truth About 9-11 and What's Really in the "Big Beautiful Bill"

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Yes. Now it's not even close to hyperinflation where, you know, you've got inflation rates of hundreds of percent. So when that crisis comes, what do you do? On Medicaid, using the Medicaid card to buy opiate drugs to, you know, help finance their living. You know, all kinds. All those pernicious impacts of a society where we literally don't require people to work, we actually incentivize them not to. (21:10–21:17)

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