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Ted Cruz: “Medicaid was designed to help the most vulnerable, not a 25…”

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

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Interview with Senator Ted Cruz on Iran, China, and U.S. Economic Policies

Published | Video Starts at 08:00

Right now, Obamacare incentivized states to spend a lot more money on young healthy adults than they spend on children and then they spend on really vulnerable seniors. Medicaid was designed to help the most vulnerable, not a 25 year old guy with no kids, who's perfectly healthy, who, who is not right now working. I think one of the most important things we need to do is for young healthy adults, put in a work requirement to Medicaid. (08:00–08:10)

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Asserts that Medicaid's original design was to help the most vulnerable, not healthy young adults who are not working.

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