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Mike Michaud: “Under the Affordable Care Act, 3,000 Mainers were denied access because our government refused to extend Medicaid to the…”

On the recordJune 11, 2014
Under the Affordable Care Act, 3,000 Mainers were denied access because our government refused to extend Medicaid to the 70,000 Mainers of which 3,000 were veterans.
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Mike Michaud
Democratic · Maine

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Michaud discusses the impact of Medicaid expansion denial on veterans in Maine.

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