Medicaid soaks up 26 percent of the Tennessee State budget; that is up from 7 percent at the time I was Governor.
Tom Harkin: “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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Harkin highlights the increasing burden of Medicaid on state budgets.
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