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Ted Cruz: “Obamacare incentivized states to spend a lot more money on…”

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 07:50

We got to rein it in because we're bankrupting our kids and grandkids. And if you look at Medicaid, there is massive waste, fraud and abuse. You look at the current system. 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. (07:50–08:01)

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Asserts that Obamacare incentivizes states to prioritize spending on young healthy adults over children and vulnerable seniors.

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