Patty Murray actually said...

"PAHPA actually acknowledges that there must be specific attention paid to at-risk individuals, and we want to build on that last authorization, because I think we can do better."

"In the wake of Hurricane Irma, as hospitals were evacuating, the top priority was protecting vulnerable populations including people and individuals with disabilities, and children, and pregnant women..."

"An important part of that is also the mental health support and everything else that Medicaid brings."

"I do not understand the impulse to strip away Medicaid expansion, particularly in areas where this problem is so intensively felt."