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Not just for the poor: The crucial role of Medicaid in America's health care system

  • Written by Simon Haeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
imageNurse Jane Kern administers medicine to patient Lexi Gerkin in Brentwood, New Hampshire. Lexi is one of thousands of severely disabled or ill children covered by Medicaid, regardless of family income.Charles Krupa/AP

Despite many assertions to the contrary, Senate leaders are now saying they want to vote on the replacement bill for Obamacare before...

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