Raul Ruiz actually said...

"Since the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, emergency departments around the nation including mine have seen a dramatic decrease in uninsured patients by 50 percent or more."

"Medicaid patients have higher morbidity because they are a higher risk group."

"If it was not for Medicaid, the Coachella Valley and regions like mine all across the country would not have access to health care."

"In California alone, the nearly 3.5 million individuals who enrolled in Medicaid under the ACA expansion provision could lose their coverage."