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On the recordDecember 12, 2012
If the Federal Government doesn't require it, the States aren't going to do it, the history is actually the opposite.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess argues that states can be trusted to manage Medicaid effectively without federal mandates.

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