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Ben Cardin: “If you move to block-grant the Medicaid program, the odds are it is going to fill a budget number, not fill a…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
If you move to block-grant the Medicaid program, the odds are it is going to fill a budget number, not fill a policy-driven objective.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Critiques block-granting Medicaid as prioritizing budgets over vulnerable populations' needs.

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