Biden has chance to cut Medicaid deal with Alabama, other red states
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
A March 4 rally at the Capitol called for Medicaid expansion. A bill that would have expanded Medicaid coverage in Texas received a hearing in the House, but it didn't advance. (Stephen Spillman/The Austin American-Statesman/TNS)TNS
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By Noam N. Levey Kaiser Health News (TNS) and
Tribune Media Services
President Joe Biden has an unexpected opening to cut deals with red states to expand Medicaid, raising the prospect that the new administration could extend health protections to millions of uninsured Americans and reach a goal that has eluded Democrats for a decade.