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Frank Pallone: “To the contrary, though, I think Medicaid has provided for a great deal of innovation in how states have responded to…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
To the contrary, though, I think Medicaid has provided for a great deal of innovation in how states have responded to the opioid crisis.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Pallone defends Medicaid's role in addressing the opioid crisis against claims of inflexibility.

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