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Shalanda Young: “For Congress to fail to increase the territories' annual Medicaid block grant and to provide a more fair FMAP for the…”

On the recordMay 22, 2019
For Congress to fail to increase the territories' annual Medicaid block grant and to provide a more fair FMAP for the territories in light of the knowledge of the consequences and the loss of lives and potentially crippling physical and cognitive outcomes for our people because of insufficient medical funding is morally unconscionable.
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Shalanda Young
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Critique of Congress for inadequate Medicaid funding for territories impacting health outcomes.

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