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Janice Schakowsky: “Are we really saving money if we cut these people off from the kind of preventative or appropriate intervention here?”

On the recordMarch 17, 2013
Are we really saving money if we cut these people off from the kind of preventative or appropriate intervention here?
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky questions the cost-effectiveness of cutting Medicaid for preventive care.

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