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stopbush

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9. And they will twist R arms in the state legislatures

Reply to Blanks (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 02:25 PM

Jan 2017

to get them comply.

As incentives, they'll send more $ to the states under block grants that can be used on anything they want. They'll also lower benefits to patients. Any extra $ will get channeled to their donors in the form of business incentives, aka payoffs.

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