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Jon Tester: “The Commission's economists estimated that the recommended limited choice option would increase VA spending by at least…”

On the recordJuly 10, 2017
The Commission's economists estimated that the recommended limited choice option would increase VA spending by at least $5 billion in the first full year.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester discusses potential costs of the Choice Act's limited choice option.

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