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On the recordMarch 6, 2012
In South Carolina, as I understand it, if the Medicaid eligibility is expanded and implemented in 2014 as envisioned by Obama healthcare, my State will be required to come up with close to $1 billion of new State funding over a 6- or 7-year period.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham discusses potential state funding requirements for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.

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