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Ron DeSantis: “I think your testimony was you think it has helped mitigate the problem, not exacerbate it.”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
I think your testimony was you think it has helped mitigate the problem, not exacerbate it.
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Ron DeSantis
Florida

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Questions the impact of Medicaid expansion on the opioid epidemic.

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