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Yvette Clarke: Are low-income children among those who truly need Medicaid? This is a yes-or-no question.

On the recordOctober 22, 2019
Are low-income children among those who truly need Medicaid? This is a yes-or-no question.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke presses Verma on Medicaid's importance for low-income children.

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