Monday, May 20, 2013

Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities

In states where Republican leaders are rejecting expansion of the government health plan for the poor, residents already have lower rates of coverage.



WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will likely widen the divide between the nation's healthiest and sickest states.



via L.A. Times - Health http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/health/~3/6CoM--zDCqI/la-na-medicaid-expansion-20130519,0,466845.story

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