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Kathy Castor: I can tell you, coming from the State of Florida, and this happened in many other states last year, we were able to…

On the recordJune 22, 2017
I can tell you, coming from the State of Florida, and this happened in many other states last year, we were able to eliminate the 5-year Medicaid CHIP waiting period for children by using that bump up.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

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Highlighting the success of a funding increase in improving children's health coverage in Florida.

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