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Patrick Morrisey: “Government should never been in the business of doing this…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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West Virginia governor holds news conference on SNAP benefits

Published | Video Starts at 28:03

I'm sorry? Are you surprised that this is. No, look, I mean it wasn't done for 15 years. Right. So I get it that there are people that get concerned, but Government should never been in the business of doing this in the first place. And we took incredible steps to assure higher quality and you're going to have new buildings that are done. So we took advantage of the opportunity to help deliver better care for people. (28:03–28:07)

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Asserts that the government should not have been involved in the business of operating long-term care facilities.

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