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On the recordJanuary 5, 1996
it is simply not true. It funds Medicaid under the same terms and conditions that existed last year, and we did not do it that way last year.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Addressing funding for Medicaid during a discussion on healthcare policy.

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