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Lisa Murkowski: “If you do not have the numbers and the data between IHS and Health and Social Services, how can I do a fair assessment…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
If you do not have the numbers and the data between IHS and Health and Social Services, how can I do a fair assessment as to the impact of these proposals on our Alaska Native people or our American Indians, our Native people in the country?
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski questions the ability to assess Medicaid proposal impacts without necessary data.

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