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Claire McCaskill: “A huge proportion of the Medicaid dollars that are spent in this country are not spent on struggling families who are…”

On the recordMay 5, 2015
A huge proportion of the Medicaid dollars that are spent in this country are not spent on struggling families who are not working but, rather, are spent on our seniors who are in nursing homes
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing Medicaid spending on seniors in nursing homes versus struggling families.

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