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Surprise! How Obamacare is beginning to look a lot like Medicaid

  • Written by J.B. Silvers, Professor of Health Finance, Weatherhead School of Management & School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
imageA computer screen showing the Healthcare.gov website for this year's open enrollment.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

In a great irony, the Republicans, who promised to eliminate the Affordable Care Act and roll back Medicaid expansions, are in essence about to do the reverse – at a huge cost to the U.S. Treasury. This year Obamacare will become what...

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