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Clock running out on health program for 9 million kids

  • Written by Simon Haeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
imageClose to 9 million children could be affected if funding for health insurance for them expires. Billion Photos/www.shutterstock.com

Since the inauguration of President Trump, health care has been front and center in American politics. Yet, attention has almost exclusively been focused on the Affordable Care Act, most recently in the form of Graham-C...

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