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Frank Pallone: The fundamental tenet of the program is that it can expand and contract according to need.

On the recordJuly 7, 2015
The fundamental tenet of the program is that it can expand and contract according to need.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone explains Medicaid's flexibility to adapt to the needs of the population.

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