medicaid patients, who are not taking any medicaid patients. there s a reason for that. if we re honest with ourselves, we would be asking the question why. well, if that s the case that one in three don t treat medicaid, you have to ask yourself, is that because medicaid reimbursements are so low? and since provider reimbursements are set at a state level, won t cutting federal funding and hitting states with higher costs only lead to lower provider rates? and how many doctors would actually treat former medicaid beneficiaries when they no longer have any coverage or ability to pay? so even if there s only one of three, there s still two of three that are providing the services. imagine if you don t have coverage, which goes to my next question. you have advocated to, in essence, block grant medicaid. the essence of medicaid is an entitlement, which under the law it means, if i meet these ci