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On the recordMarch 27, 2012
Nobody in America can figure out why we continue to pay dead people money--LIHEAP payments, Medicaid payments.
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Thomas Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn criticizes improper payments to deceased individuals.

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