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Troy Downing: “80, 90% of their income is Medicare and Medicaid.”

Featuring: Troy Downing, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 2nd Congressional District

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Extended interview with U.S. Rep. Troy Downing

Published | Video Starts at 03:33

I've talked to a lot of folks about, you know, supporting that. And that's a huge issue. You go to a lot of these rural healthcare facilities where 80, 90% of their income is Medicare and Medicaid. So that's incredibly important. So first, there's that part, the second part on those cuts, if you look at the billions and billions of dollars in fraudulent payments that have been made in that system, it needs to be reformed. (03:33–03:37)

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Asserts that 80-90% of income for some rural healthcare facilities comes from Medicare and Medicaid.

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