secondly, as regards this flexible block grant, some of that money can be used toll whittle down waiting lists for those who have disabilities. but it isn't washington telling your state to do it. it is the state deciding to because the state realizes it has a need with opioids or realizes it has a back kind of backlog of folks going into disability. so we ensure that you continue that access. we give the state the flexibility to cut down that waiting list. we think the state knows better than the federal government or a single payor how to take care of you. >> senator. >> thanks for your story. and i think you know you're not alone. 40 pearls of people on -- with disabilities get their insurance through medicaid. that's a fact. that's how they get their health care. and what this bill does is cut medicaid, and that's why all the major disability groups are opposed to this bill. it is a pre-existing condition. i remember on fourth of july walking in parades on the iron