A Landmark Court Case Over California's Medicaid Cuts

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August 9, 2011

medicaid, reporting on health, daily briefingMedicaid: Can poor people challenge their state leaders over cuts to Medicaid that imperil their health care? That question is at the crux of a U.S. Supreme Court case involving California. The New York Times' Robert Pear lays out the issues in the landmark case.

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