On the recordApril 4, 2016
That is why it is even more important that after the 1997 welfare reform law when suddenly our compact citizens no longer qualified for Medicaid, that that be restored.
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Hirono emphasizes the need to restore Medicaid eligibility for compact citizens after welfare reform.
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