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President Donald Trump isn’t playing it straight when it comes to his campaign pledge not to undercut health coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions. ( Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press)
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Democratic candidates for governor in red and purple states are going on the offensive on Medicaid expansion, betting the Obamacare issue will resonate with voters. (Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill)
       

“While there is more work to be done, this bipartisan legislation takes an important step forward and will save lives.” – Statement from Republican and Democratic Congressional committee leaders
       

A top health official in the Trump administration defended Medicaid work requirements Thursday, arguing that the intent isn’t to expel people from the program. “Community engagement requirements are not some subversive attempt to just kick people off o…

“Saying no to Medicaid expansion resonates with the most conservative” electorate in the primaries, “but in toss-up states, and even in red states in the general [election], it doesn’t resonate as well as it used to.”
Ben Koltun, Beacon Policy Advisor…