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Lamar Alexander: “It's gone from 8 percent in the 1980s to 26 percent today. It's never discussed at hearings like this in a serious way.”

On the recordApril 15, 2013
It's gone from 8 percent in the 1980s to 26 percent today. It's never discussed at hearings like this in a serious way.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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He highlights the significant increase in Medicaid's share of state budgets over 30 years.

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