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John Hoeven: “I do not believe that overdose deaths are rising because of Medicaid expansion. I think it is fentanyl that is causing…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2018
I do not believe that overdose deaths are rising because of Medicaid expansion. I think it is fentanyl that is causing the very sharp rise that we have seen in recent years.
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota

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Hoeven attributes rising overdose deaths to fentanyl, not Medicaid expansion.

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