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mercuryblues

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14. you know what
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 09:43 AM
Dec 2013

the kick in the ass is?

citizens are going onto the federal site and finding out they already qualify for Medicaid, without the expansion.

The federal government said Tuesday that states that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act saw applications for Medicaid coverage jump by 13.2 in October. In states that did not expand Medicaid, like South Carolina, applications rose by 4.2 percent, on average.

But, in South Carolina, Medicaid applications increased by 20 percent.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/03/3137200/sc-medicaid-program-growing-despite.html#storylink=cpy




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