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On the recordDecember 12, 2012
Medicaid is an expensive program but we have a lot of people who are very poor in this country, and we can save a lot of money if we didn't give them health care.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman discusses the financial burden of Medicaid and suggests potential savings.

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