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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Please note for the record that his State, and now a great many other States, are directly responsible for that because…

On the recordApril 2, 2014
Please note for the record that his State, and now a great many other States, are directly responsible for that because they have failed to allow poor and middle class and disabled people to get health through expansion of the Medicaid exchange.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton criticizes states for not expanding Medicaid, affecting health access for vulnerable populations.

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