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Ep. 44: GOP’s Achilles’ Heel: Medicaid

The Week Ahead

By Shawn Zeller and Joe Williams
Posted March 10, 2017 at 5:13pm

As Republicans push full steam ahead with repealing and replacing Obamacare, cuts in Medicaid may become an issue that could not only further divide the party but can have severe consequences for state budgets and recipients, says CQ Roll Call’s health reporter Joe P. Williams. He also takes us to the first marathon hearing on the GOP’s health care bill and why it could be a dress rehearsal of what’s to come.

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