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Lamar Alexander: “That would suggest that the cost overall of taking Medicaid to a 150 percent to States is going to cost somebody, either…”

On the recordJune 10, 2009
That would suggest that the cost overall of taking Medicaid to a 150 percent to States is going to cost somebody, either the Federal Government or the State governments, $4-$5-$600 billion over the next 10 years.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander estimates the financial impact of Medicaid expansion on government budgets.

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