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Update on GOP Medicaid negotiations

The House Rules Committee passed the budget reconciliation bill late Wednesday night, teeing it up for House floor action.

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House Republicans made a few surprise revisions to the Medicaid portion of that bill, including one that would reward states for not expanding Medicaid. That measure would let nonexpansion states pay doctors and hospitals more than expansion states would be allowed to pay providers.

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