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On the recordJuly 23, 2014
During the Great Recession after 2008, because of the maintenance of effort requirement on States, Medicaid funding went up 15 percent in the State of Tennessee, higher education funding went down 15 percent.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Highlighting the impact of Medicaid funding on higher education during the recession.

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