Ted Cruz: “In 2018, Medicaid paid 2.2 million Medicaid autism payments.”

“And autism center centers are popping up like crazy. Here's an amazing total of autism Medicaid payments. So in 2017, Medicaid paid $1.3 million in Medicaid payments. In 2018, Medicaid paid 2.2 million Medicaid autism payments. 2019, what do you think it went to? I have no idea. At this point, it's got to be triple that. I don't know. $19.8 million. From.” (44:13–44:19)

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