
States opt-out Medicaid, leave 'larger impact than expected'
Clip: 10/7/2013 | 12m 36s
States taking Medicaid opt-out option leave 'larger impact than expected'
As the effects of the shutdown take hold, longer-term fights over safety net programs continue. Jeffrey Brown talks to Jacob Hacker of Yale University and Stephen Parenti of the University of Minnesota about how states opting out of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion has stranded some uninsured Americans.
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States opt-out Medicaid, leave 'larger impact than expected'
Clip: 10/7/2013 | 12m 36s
As the effects of the shutdown take hold, longer-term fights over safety net programs continue. Jeffrey Brown talks to Jacob Hacker of Yale University and Stephen Parenti of the University of Minnesota about how states opting out of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion has stranded some uninsured Americans.
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