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Debbie Dingell: “Medicaid is the largest payer of long term care in this…”

Featuring: Debbie Dingell, Democratic | U.S. House, Michigan, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 04:39

Once you're in the system, anybody that's worked it 90 days and you are on your own. And I didn't that, I mean, I just, I didn't understand it until I was in it. Medicaid is the largest payer of long term care in this country. And we're trying to fix the program because of all the things about spouses have to be destitute. We keep working on that, but it just leaves working families stuck in the middle without support and without options. (04:39–04:45)

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Asserts that Medicaid is the primary payer for long-term care in the U.S.

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