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On the recordJuly 11, 2016
this indifference and this refusal to take 100 cents on a Federal dollar to pay for the expansion of healthcare coverage has been a subject that has been raised by business leaders, by hospitals, by elected officials.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett points out Texas's refusal to expand Medicaid, affecting 1.3 million residents.

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