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Michael Bennet: “Is it your understanding that the 1332 Waiver, as is it written now, would allow a State, if it wanted to, to apply to…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2017
Is it your understanding that the 1332 Waiver, as is it written now, would allow a State, if it wanted to, to apply to have a public option in their State?
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet questions the potential for states to implement a public option under the 1332 Waiver.

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