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Rick Crawford: “What we’ve been trying to do is prevent spending a trillion dollars a year and lower the trajectory on Medicaid spending…”

On the recordOctober 14, 2026
What we’ve been trying to do is prevent spending a trillion dollars a year and lower the trajectory on Medicaid spending so we can reduce costs and deliver better value to Arkansans who need help.

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Defending his stance on Medicaid spending.

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