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Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 9, 2023 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 an interview with Univision Noticias
Postpartum Medicaid coverage expanded from three states to 43 states because of the Biden administration.
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February 8, 2024
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on February 21, 2022 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 press release
Georgia has recovered more than $60 million that was lost to Medicaid fraud
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By Nancy Badertscher • March 28, 2014
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 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 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 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 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 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 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 an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website
"Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."
True
By Bill Wichert • November 14, 2012
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on March 5, 2012 an oped column.
"More than half of the births in Texas are paid for by Medicaid."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2012
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on February 2, 2012 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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