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Ron Johnson: “States have gamed the system, providers have gamed the…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Tax Bill and Medicaid Reform on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 03:15

What is Senator Tillis getting wrong from North Carolina because he's a Republican and he is convinced that this is going to hurt Medicare and Medicaid. Why is he wrong? States have gamed the system, providers have gamed the system. So my guess is North Carolina is one of the states have gamed it the most. And again, they're taking in all these dollars in the nine to dollar match for provider fees, provider taxes, again, that's not health care. (03:15–03:18)

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Asserts that states and providers have manipulated the system to their advantage.

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