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Maria Cantwell: “The proposals that have been considered on block-granting and a per capita cap, my providers have been very clear--very…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2018
The proposals that have been considered on block-granting and a per capita cap, my providers have been very clear--very clear--they are no innovation.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell criticizes block-granting proposals as budget cuts to Medicaid.

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