Rick Jackson on Health Care

Expand Medicaid but don't lose $4.5 billion we get

BOTTOMS: I have repeatedly said I want to expand Medicaid in this state. My opponent has said he opposes Medicaid expansion and recently has changed his mind. Some people wonder if I don't have Medicaid, then what difference does it make? It means that when you go to a hospital, and you can't be seen in emergency room, it is because the health care system is broken.

JACKSON: Well, first of all, I am going to expand Medicaid to cover everybody. I just want to do it in a way that we don't lose $4.5 billion that we are currently getting for the state because that would really hurt our hospitals and doctors all over the state. But I will expand. In addition to that, I'm going to have technology so that you have the ability to have your own record. You have the ability to know what something costs before you buy it. So that you can shop and save money from that standpoint.

Supported cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid