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Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 9, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
Says expanding Medicaid in Wisconsin would save the state $530 million, which could pay for 3,287 K-12 teachers, or 7.8 educators per district.
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By Ricardo Torres • February 16, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 29, 2024 in an interview with Univision Noticias:
Postpartum Medicaid coverage expanded from three states to 43 states because of the Biden administration.
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By Marta Campabadal Graus • February 8, 2024
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on February 21, 2022 in a virtual town hall meeting:
Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.
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By Yacob Reyes • March 14, 2022
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."    
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By D.L. Davis • June 21, 2019
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 28, 2017 in a press conference:
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
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By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017
John Faso
John Faso
stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record:
"We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid."
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By Dan Clark • July 21, 2017
Jack Falanagan
Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 in a speech :
Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
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By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016
John Cortes
John Cortes
stated on January 13, 2016 in a House Health Innovation Subcommittee meeting:
"Anyone can die of a toothache."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 26, 2016
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 in a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:
"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015
George Barker
George Barker
stated on July 26, 2014 in statement:
Uncompensated care has "gone down by 30 percent just in the first few months" of Medicaid expansion in the states that adopted it.
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By Nancy Madsen • August 10, 2014
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on March 20, 2014 in press release:
Georgia has recovered more than $60 million that was lost to Medicaid fraud
True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 28, 2014
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 in a speech:
"Georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union."  
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By Eric Stirgus • February 3, 2014
William Howell
William Howell
stated on January 5, 2014 in an op-ed.:
In Virginia, "Medicaid has grown by 1,600 percent in the last 30 years."
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By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2013 in remarks at a Dallas synagogue:
"A million people … could get health insurance right away" if Texas expanded Medicaid under Obamacare.
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By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on April 25, 2013 in an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
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By Becky Bowers • April 30, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 in a speech.:
"Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 19, 2013
Terry Russell
Terry Russell
stated on December 6, 2012 in in an interview:
"Individuals with mental illnesses die an average of 25 years earlier than those without a mental illness."
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By Tom Feran • January 2, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on October 24, 2012 in an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website:
"Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."
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By Bill Wichert • November 14, 2012
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on March 5, 2012 in an oped column.:
"More than half of the births in Texas are paid for by Medicaid."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2012
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on February 2, 2012 in congressional website :
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
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By Charles Pope • February 3, 2012
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