… on our health care system, particularly our rural hospitals in a state Like Maine, which is a low income state and it is a state that has mainly rural hospitals. Medicaid is the number two payer [in Maine]. Medicare is number one. Medicaid is number two. So in Maine, a state with a population of 1.3 million people, 400,000 people rely on the Medicaid program for their health care. (22:43–22:49)
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Asserts that Medicaid is the second largest payer in Maine's healthcare system.
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