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On the recordDecember 17, 2013
Mr. Chairman, as Rhode Islander present, we basically got paid to have a waiver, because I think the administration at the time wanted to encourage waivers, so they baited this one to get Rhode Island in.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Commenting on the incentives for Rhode Island's Medicaid waiver.

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