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Kent Conrad: What happens is those people, if the children are not able to care for them, they are going into institutions, but where…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
What happens is those people, if the children are not able to care for them, they are going into institutions, but where is that being paid for? Overwhelmingly, it is being paid for out of Medicaid accounts.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the financial burden of elderly care on Medicaid.

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