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Jennifer McClellan: “80% of [the dental clinic in Abingdon's] patients are…”

Featuring: Jennifer McClellan, Democratic | U.S. House Virginia, District 4

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McClellan Leads CBC Special Order Hour

Published | Video Starts at 50:47

… constituents, but as one of only two members of the Energy and Commerce Committee to talk to a wide cross section of Virginians. I visited a dental clinic in Abingdon. 80% of [the dental clinic in Abingdon's] patients are covered by Medicaid. 80%. The other 20% uninsured. Before that clinic opened. That community got dental services once a year. When a mobile dental clinic showed up and the line. Was incredibly long to get one day of dental service a year. (50:47–50:56)

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Asserts that 80% of patients at a dental clinic in Abingdon are covered by Medicaid.

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