Decoding HHS Secretary Price’s spin on the American Health Care Act “The fact of the matter is that Medicaid spending under the proposal and under the budget goes up every single year.” “We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, ‘Phooey, nonsense. I’m not going to participate in your program because it doesn’t do what I need done.’ So, they are paying a penalty.” — Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, interview on CNN’s “State of the Nation,” May 7 May 8, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/05/08/decoding-hhs-secretary-prices-spin-on-the-american-health-care-act/ [with comments]