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On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
We spend twice as much per person providing health care for those we incarcerate in America's prisons than we do to meet the promise of health care for American Indians.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the disparity in health care funding between prisoners and American Indians.

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