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Indiana Governor Aims to Privatize Social Services

by Marianne Holland, NPR
December 13, 2006

Indiana's governor thinks farming out government services is a way to reduce costs and increase efficiency. He's already privatized a state highway. Now he's looking to privatize a large portion of the state's welfare, food stamp and Medicaid services.

Indiana Public Broadcasting's Marianne Holland reports.

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