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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate hearing:

“It's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”

By Arielle Zionts • October 13, 2025

Kevin Hassett
stated on July 6, 2025 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation":

A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they're still insured.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2025

Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 in a television interview:

Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025

Russell Vought
stated on June 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2025

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter:

"There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."

By D.L. Davis • August 2, 2022

Sarah Godlewski
stated on April 1, 2022 in Twitter:

"Ron Johnson is trying to let insurance companies deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions like cancer, depression, pregnancy, diabetes—or even COVID.”

By Madeline Heim • April 15, 2022

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 15, 2018 in Tweet announcing new bill:

Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."

By Colin Meyn • November 16, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on August 27, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Scott Walker refused federal funds and "Wisconsin families now pay nearly 50% more than Minnesotans for the same health care."

By Eric Litke • September 7, 2018

Heartland Institute
stated on January 22, 2018 in an op-ed in The Hill:

Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."

By Jon Greenberg • January 26, 2018

Matt Gaetz
stated on October 17, 2017 in a tweet:

"Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!"

By Allison Graves • October 23, 2017

Ron Johnson
stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview:

"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."

By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2017

Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2017 in a Facebook live speech:

"There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2017

Michael Needham
stated on June 25, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

"Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured."

By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on June 25, 2017 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week':

"If you became a Medicaid recipient through the Obamacare expansion, you are grandfathered in."

By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview:

Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."

By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2017

Donna Campbell
stated on March 22, 2017 in an email blast after meeting with President Trump:

"Seven out of ten doctors are not taking any new Medicaid patients as lower reimbursement rates make it cost-prohibitive."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2017

Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 13, 2017 in a press conference:

The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."

By Lauren Carroll • March 14, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 in a press briefing:

"Obamacare has failed."

By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech:

Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 in an interview in Washington, D.C.:

"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."

By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015

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