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John Thune: “One of the things that you perhaps have heard, as my staff and I have, is concerns the tribes have raised about the…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2016
One of the things that you perhaps have heard, as my staff and I have, is concerns the tribes have raised about the amount of money that goes into overhead, administrative costs, as opposed to what is actually reaching the ground and impacting health care.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune raises concerns about administrative costs in Indian Health Service funding.

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