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Frank Pallone: “Those dollars would be saved on the backs of the most vulnerable members of our communities.”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
Those dollars would be saved on the backs of the most vulnerable members of our communities.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Pallone criticizes Medicaid block grant proposals for harming vulnerable populations.

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