Joaquin Castro: “California also, I believe, expanded Medicaid, and that is something that Texas didn't do. In fact, I remember several…”

“California also, I believe, expanded Medicaid, and that is something that Texas didn't do. In fact, I remember several months back, when the State legislative session in Texas was still going on, and usually it goes to about the end of May or early June. We went down there and we were doing a press conference, and at the same time, the Governor and the Senators, Lieutenant Governor, all Republicans were doing their press conference. Our junior Senator, Senator Cruz, compared folks who need Medicaid and accept Medicaid to drug addicts, compared them to drug addicts. And the State's leadership implied that--not implied, said--allowing Medicaid to low-income Texans was like getting people hooked on sugar or drugs.”