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On the recordJune 23, 2015
CMS is standing in the way of a lot of State innovation by not approving commonsense waivers, and taking long, long periods of time to improve--to approve the ones they do.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus criticizes CMS for hindering state innovation in Medicaid.

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