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Ron Johnson: “We have Medicaid based on where you are in terms of the…”

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 25:18

Did you ever consider about the people that you are hurting by signing this bill? Well, the work requirement for Medicaid eligibility. By the way, Wisconsin did not expand Medicaid. So we have, We have Medicaid based on where you are in terms of the federal poverty line. So again we didn't expand it. That may change because we're not fixing the Obamacare edition which is again putting at risk Medicaid for the truly vulnerable. (25:18–25:25)

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Asserts that Wisconsin's Medicaid eligibility is determined by the federal poverty line.

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