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Red-state Changes Could Strengthen Affordable Care Act, Medicaid

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (Source: Twitter)

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2018

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By: Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation

By making their Affordable Care Act marketplaces and Medicaid programs more conservative, the leaders of several red states may actually strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid by creating a stronger Republican constituency for both programs.

The bottom line: As they make a series of changes — through waivers and other means — to swing the programs to…

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