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Stephanie Bice: “Right now there is a 90% federal match with a 10% state…”

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 38:14

… of federal programs, no Child Left behind being an education initiative, they've given us the directives, they control the purse strings, the. They control how we spend the money. And Right now there is a 90% federal match with a 10% state match. My fear, Chris, is that that'll change in the future. And if it goes to 70, 30 or 60, 40. We have no flexibility in how to change the program because it's in the Constitution now. (38:14–38:23)

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Asserts concern that the federal-state Medicaid match ratio may change.

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