Ted Cruz: “Texas has not expanded Medicaid.”

“Under Obamacare, they created a different regime for young healthy adults where the Federal government pays 90% of the cost and the state just pays 10% of the cost. So Texas has not expanded Medicaid. 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.” (10:01–10:04)

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