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Patrick Morrisey: “I've been given statistics that sometimes the average cost…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey holds news conference

Published | Video Starts at 12:49

The infrastructure in terms of the facilities and the people, the workers who are going to be able to handle some of those complex cases. I've been given statistics that sometimes the average cost of those complex cases are about $160,000 per person. Amelia, you probably if that's accurate, but I think it's about that number. Imagine if you can get that number down considerably and you pour the money back into the system. (12:49–12:57)

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Asserts that the average cost of complex cases for children sent out of state is about $160,000 per person.

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