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On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
Whatever implementation hiccups or glitches we see from here, the negative effects will be nothing, in my opinion, compared to the harm governors around this Nation are doing to their citizens by rejecting the ACA's Medicaid expansion.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Pallone emphasizes the greater harm of rejecting Medicaid expansion over minor implementation issues.

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