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On the recordJune 7, 2017
It is a little curious to blame Medicaid, as you seem to be doing, for the system that has resulted in 50,000 deaths.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Senator Brown questions the blame placed on Medicaid for overdose deaths.

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