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The News & Observer: Jessica Schorr Saxe: Expanding Medicaid could save babies’ lives

July 27, 2016

A young woman brought her baby for a well child check. A family physician who cared for her and her child, I casually asked, “When is your next appointment with me?”

“I can’t come in,” she said. “I’m not on Medicaid, and I can’t afford a visit.”

Her child qualified for Medicaid but, with lower income limits for parents, she was not eligible.

This encounter repeated itself over and over while I was in practice.

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