Statement·other·said 2017-03-09
“Texas spent close to a third of its budget on Medicaid last year, a third of all state spending.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2017-03-28Reasoning
PolitiFact said Medicaid was 29.3% of Texas's 2016–17 budget when state and federal funds are combined, but only 22.1% counting state general revenue alone — close-to-a-third holds only on the broader measure.
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