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Kirsten Gillibrand: “The commission recommended that the ECHO benefit be expanded to provide benefits similar to the Medicaid benefit”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
The commission recommended that the ECHO benefit be expanded to provide benefits similar to the Medicaid benefit
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand discusses the expansion of ECHO benefits to align with Medicaid.

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