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On the recordDecember 15, 2013
We desperately need Medicaid expansion in this state. The governor is refusing to accept billions of dollars in Federal assistance that we so desperately need, and why he is doing that, I can only imagine that it is for purely political reasons.
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Marc Veasey
Democratic · Texas

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Veasey criticizes Texas Governor Rick Perry for not expanding Medicaid despite federal funding.

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