FACT CHECK TIME! Yes, indeed, U.S. spending on medical research counts for the vast majority of R&D spending in the world, although according to the The Economist and U.S. News, Japan and China are not far behind. His assertion at 4:56 that even the poorest adults without children don’t get Medicaid is backed up by these reports from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Huffington Post. KFF also confirms that under the ACA, 5 million people will be left without insurance as a result of the Supreme Court decision that left the Medicaid expansion in the hands of the states. And the CBO confirms that, although the government only gives health coverage to one-third of all Americans, it foots the bill for two-thirds.
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