Senate Health Committee hearing gets in-depth explanations from Medicaid, DOH, LBJ & HDC
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The reasons behind the closure of the Hope Dialysis Center (HDC), LBJ's role in the treatment process for HDC’s dialysis patients, and the suspension of Medicai





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