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What's at Stake in the Candidates' Visions for Medicaid

Clip: 10/1/2012 | 10m 21s

What's at Stake in the Candidates' Different Visions for Medicaid

The firestorm over how to make Medicare more sustainable has consumed the health care debate this election season, but Medicaid, its counterpart for low-income, disabled and elderly Americans, actually covers more people. Hari Sreenivasan looks at how the candidates' two drastically different proposals offer reform.

10/01/2012

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