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Kathy Castor: “Medicaid's costs per beneficiary are substantially lower than per beneficiary costs for private insurance, and…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
Medicaid's costs per beneficiary are substantially lower than per beneficiary costs for private insurance, and Medicaid's cost per beneficiary have been growing more slowly than per beneficiary costs under private insurance.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

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Castor argues Medicaid is more efficient than private insurance.

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