Rep. Deal: Medicaid needs more than superficial change
Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) allocating $15 billion additional tax dollars towards Medicaid without increasing accountability concerns him, saying Medicaid funding needs reform instead of superficial measures that will not fix “entitlement spending.” (0:46)
July 22, 2008
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