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Tom Harkin: Medicaid soaks up 26 percent of the Tennessee State budget; that is up from 7 percent at the time I was Governor.

On the recordApril 10, 2013
Medicaid soaks up 26 percent of the Tennessee State budget; that is up from 7 percent at the time I was Governor.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin highlights the increasing burden of Medicaid on state budgets.

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