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Claire McCaskill: That is the way that I think it has been looked at, that you cannot look at Medicaid cuts in isolation and assume other…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2017
That is the way that I think it has been looked at, that you cannot look at Medicaid cuts in isolation and assume other parts of the system are not going to be put under pressure, and ultimately folks end up in an emergency room uninsured, in the most expensive care possible, and all of those costs are passed on to us.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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Emphasizing the interconnectedness of Medicaid and CHIP funding.

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