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Ted Cruz: “CBO's projections are, are consistently wrong in this.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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And they say, well, gosh, if they don't get a job, they'll lose the benefit. Look, the whole purpose of this is to incentivize them to get a job. And As I said, CBO's projections are, are consistently wrong in this. I'll mention one other aspect of Medicaid that is actually Obamacare, and this is something President Obama did, created a differential. So in a lot of big blue states, they've done what's called Medicaid expansion. (17:13–17:18)

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Asserts that the Congressional Budget Office's projections are consistently incorrect.

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