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On the recordJune 22, 2017
Well, no states are carved out, and I think it is just a fact of math that when there is a Federal and state partnership to share all costs and the Federal Government is saying, I am pulling out of that partnership, and I am setting my limits at a certain amount, and the state is responsible for everything above that, every state becomes a loser in that formula.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone discusses the negative impact of federal funding cuts on state Medicaid programs.

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