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Jon Tester: “The fact that we have 1.2 percent increase for in-house medical care and 33 percent for outside medical care is…”

On the recordJune 13, 2017
The fact that we have 1.2 percent increase for in-house medical care and 33 percent for outside medical care is disturbing.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Expressing concern over disproportionate funding for external medical care compared to in-house services.

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