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Fred Upton: “The program does need true reform, and we can no longer tinker around the edges with policies that add on to the…”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
The program does need true reform, and we can no longer tinker around the edges with policies that add on to the bureaucratic layers that decrease access, prohibit innovation and fail to provide better health care for the poor.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Upton emphasizes the need for significant reform in the Medicaid program.

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