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On the recordNovember 13, 2017
What we're asking right now, that money ends. So, aside from having the limitations and the catastrophe of the storm, we're now heading on a Medicaid cliff as well that's dropping us off from an effective $1.6 billion to $350 million.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto discusses funding challenges for Puerto Rico's Medicaid after a disaster.

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