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Jobs Bill Passes House: Dems Keep 'Doc Fix' But Jettison COBRA Benefits, Extra State Medicaid Funding
House Democrats, under pressure from fiscal conservatives to cut spending, dropped from a jobs bill both a COBRA subsidy extension to help the newly laid-off pay for health coverage as well as more federal aid to boost state Medicaid budgets.
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