We reimburse so poorly in Medicaid that the patients can only do what they have always done, which is go to the emergency room, the highest point of contact. If we expand the program, we are going to expand the problem. I yield back.
Pitts highlights issues with Medicaid reimbursement leading to emergency room reliance.
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I urge support for this bipartisan bill, H.R. 5210. I yield back the balance of my time.
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if they expanded Medicaid 50,000 of my constituents would have Medicaid, if the state expanded it.
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