Physician-lawmaker Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., delivered a stinging attack on states that have resisted expanded federal Medicaid coverage for their low-income citizens, saying actions by Republican politicians in such places as Texas are creating “two separate Americas.” “While half of our country moves ahead with affordable health insurance, the other half is being left behind. Places like Indiana, Georgia and Florida have chosen not to expand Medicaid, leaving thousands of the nation’s most vulnerable uninsured with no help available,” McDermott said Wednesday at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing. “Texas has over 1 million people that could be insured at no cost to the state, if its governor chose Read More
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