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Frank Pallone: I appreciate what you are saying, but I hear it so often and it just galls me to think that we have set up a system…

On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
I appreciate what you are saying, but I hear it so often and it just galls me to think that we have set up a system where people are encouraged to basically get around it.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Pallone expresses frustration over the system encouraging asset protection to qualify for Medicaid.

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