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Lisa Murkowski: “This is rationing in action. This is one of our government-run health care plans, and when you don't fully fund it, as…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2009
This is rationing in action. This is one of our government-run health care plans, and when you don't fully fund it, as we do not within IHS, we see what happens.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski discusses the consequences of underfunding the Indian Health Service.

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