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Kathy Castor: “Boy, we have thousands and thousands of my neighbors, and it has just been--Governor Scott has been so intransigent…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2015
Boy, we have thousands and thousands of my neighbors, and it has just been--Governor Scott has been so intransigent while it shows that it would lower costs.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Castor criticizes Florida's Governor for resisting Medicaid expansion despite its benefits.

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