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Medicaid Expansion


Posted: Jul 15, 2014

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/07/15/3460133/republican-mayor-march-medicaid/

 

“Our state’s refusal to accept expansion is taking two billion dollars a year out of our state’s healthcare system,” the mayor wrote in an op-ed to explain why he’s making the trek over the next two weeks. “Americans need to realize the rural healthcare struggles across our country. In the last year, more rural hospitals have closed than in the previous 15 years. Every hospital closure means deaths!!!”

Medicaid Expansion can help a whole lot of people, patients, employees, employers, your next door neighbor...

 

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