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Marc Veasey: “He has denied them coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, the Federal Government would pay states 100 percent of the…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2013
He has denied them coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, the Federal Government would pay states 100 percent of the cost of this expansion the first three years and 90 percent after that, and yet the governor would rather leave $9 billion on the table for our healthcare that our state desperately needs.
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Marc Veasey
Democratic · Texas

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Veasey highlights the financial benefits of Medicaid expansion that Texas is missing out on.

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