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On the recordJune 13, 2012
If we were to block grant Medicaid to the States, making them fully responsible--not taking away any of their dollars, making them fully responsible, take the Federal laws, let them do it, what we will see is some States very successful and some States not.
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Thomas Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn discusses the potential benefits of block granting Medicaid to states.

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