Ted Cruz: “Ohio spent a billion dollars billion with a B on home health…”

“The people performing these, quote, personal services tasks don't even have to be health care workers and in many cases are actually relatives of the Medicaid recipient. According to a Daily Wire data analysis, Ohio spent a billion dollars billion with a B on home health care in 2024, the last year for which data is available. Since the services are performed inside private residences, there's no way to know whether the workers went at all or what they're actually doing in exchange for taxpayer funds.” (05:07–05:16)

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