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John Yarmuth: So what he is doing is setting up for you to reject the proposal and then he is going to dismantle Medicaid expansion in…

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
So what he is doing is setting up for you to reject the proposal and then he is going to dismantle Medicaid expansion in Kentucky, take insurance away from 400,000 of our citizens, jeopardize many providers who are now being compensated for the care they provide, and he is doing it again for ideological reasons.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth criticizes Governor Bevin's proposal to dismantle Medicaid expansion in Kentucky.

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