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On the recordMay 22, 2019
The devastating life-and-death outcomes that we face with the potential loss of this ACA funding justifies an increase in the territory's Medicaid funding block grants.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Calls for increased Medicaid funding due to severe health impacts.

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