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Medicaid expansion

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President Trump, how will you cover needy families under your plan to replace Obamacare?

March 7, 2017Global Politics

The new Republican new health care plan to replace Obamacare has drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle — for different reasons.

Dr. Annelys Hernandez checks out Cynthia Louis at a Mobile Health Center at Florida International Univeristy on March 3, 2015. Louis is ineligible for health insurance because of Florida's decision to reject Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.

‘The waiting is tearing me down’ — low-income Americans struggle in anti-Obamacare states

April 23, 2015Health

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