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Lamar Alexander: “What's most difficult for them is when Medicaid spending goes from 8 percent of the State budget to 30 percent.”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2014
What's most difficult for them is when Medicaid spending goes from 8 percent of the State budget to 30 percent.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Senator Alexander discusses the challenges states face with rising Medicaid costs.

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