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By Tom Hester | February 10th, 2012 - 10:04am
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Prieto to again invite Christie administration to explain Medicaid problems to the public

Report Details How More than $100M of Sought Savings has been Denied

Chairman Wonders if Any Other Parts of Medicaid Plan are in Jeopardy

(TRENTON) – Assembly Budget Chairman Vincent Prieto (D-Bergen/Hudson) released the following statement Friday after The Star-Ledger detailed how more than $100 million of the Christie administration’s Medicaid revision plan has been denied:

“It’s now clear why the Christie administration rejected our invitation to update taxpayers and legislators on the status of its Medicaid plan. Obviously the problem with the plan is not something it wanted to discuss, and that’s very disappointing..."

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