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Jack Kingston: “What they want is a Medicaid and Medicare waiver and a welfare waiver is when a State says, ``We want to take the…”

On the recordMay 22, 1996
What they want is a Medicaid and Medicare waiver and a welfare waiver is when a State says, ``We want to take the poverty resolution program back in our own hands without having Washington mandate it,'' I want to make sure that people understand that that is what we are talking about.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing state waivers for Medicaid, Medicare, and welfare programs.

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