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Pramila Jayapal: “But you are talking about converting Medicaid into a block grant or a per capita cap and then requiring states to…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2019
But you are talking about converting Medicaid into a block grant or a per capita cap and then requiring states to implement so-called work requirements, all of which would strip Medicaid as we know it.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal criticizes proposed changes to Medicaid that would undermine its current structure.

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