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Trump's return puts Medicaid on the chopping block

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80% Informative

Republicans plan to use funding cuts and regulatory changes to dramatically change Medicaid .

The nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program serves 79 million mostly low-income or disabled Americans .

Advocates for poor people fear GOP funding cuts will leave more Americans without insurance.

Some states offer some populations what's called continuous eligibility, whereby people stay enrolled for years without having to renew their coverage.

That policy's been shown to prevent enrollees from falling out of the program for short periods because of hardships or paperwork problems.

Critics say such a requirement would simply add red tape to obtaining coverage.

VR Score

83

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83

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34

Article tone

formal

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English

Language complexity

56

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short-lived

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