We said, okay, that's really dumb. To incentivize and prioritize the health care of young healthy adults ahead of kids and people with severe disabilities. And so Texas did not expand, but States like California and New York are spending huge amounts in terms of federal tax dollars. And it's a perverse incentive because California is incentivized to provide less health care to the people who really need it, to kids and people with disabilities, and more health care to 25 year old healthy men. (18:13–18:22)
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Asserts that California and New York are spending large amounts of federal tax dollars on Medicaid expansion.
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