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Medicaid: Latest scapegoat for anti-taxers
States are spending more as health costs rise, it’s true, but federal funding is helping out and providing benefits
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Ted CoxCenter Square, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Barack Obama, Obamacare, ACA, Foundation for Government Accountability, Kaiser Family Foundation, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Medicaid Work Requirement
Affordable Care Act fails on affordability
Few remain uninsured, but many ‘underinsured’ struggle with costs
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Barack Obama, Health Costs, Health Care, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund, Underinsured, Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, Medicaid, Kwame Raoul, Dick Durbin, Health Insurance
Rauner worked to abort HB40 before signing it
FOIA’d emails show state staffers moved to ‘shore up’ opposition to controversial abortion-rights bill to keep it off governor’s desk
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Rauner decries Medicaid boost
But governor offers no solution except for jobs with health care
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Pat Quinn, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Government Accountability Office, Stephanie Altman, Associated Press
Walmart closing Clinton outlet
Big-box store contributed to decline of downtown square, but now succumbs to competition from Amazon
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