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Patrick Morrisey: “We made an important decision to get out of the long term…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Governor Morrisey Delivers Budget Update

Published | Video Starts at 06:33

… 55, 65, 75, 85 each year and you could make changes to make it more affordable for people, that's good. And therefore you save budget money as a result. Third, We made an important decision to get out of the long term care business. That also affected the budget as well. And a really good policy, quite frankly, motivated by the fact that when I was Attorney General, there was a patient who was in the scalding water or died. (06:33–06:40)

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