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Stephanie Bice: “I wasn't for [Medicaid expansion]. I want to be very clear…”

Featuring: Stephanie Bice, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, District 5

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Conversations with Candidates: State Sen. Stephanie Bice

Published | Video Starts at 37:46

I do wanna maybe take a step back though. And you talked about Medicaid expansion. You mentioned that. I wasn't for [Medicaid expansion]. I want to be very clear about my position on that because I don't want it to be misconstrued. I was against putting it in the Constitution. That was my issue with it. I think that my fear is that the federal government, as they have done with other types of federal programs, no Child Left behind being an education initiative, they've given us the directives, they control the purse strings, the. (37:46–37:55)

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Asserts opposition to putting Medicaid expansion in the Constitution.

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