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On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
the truth is it has real-world impacts and it is going to cost more money somewhere else if we do not deal with it up front.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the consequences of undoing Medicaid expansion.

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