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Va. Lawmakers Head Back To Richmond On Medicaid Expansion
While the Virginia Legislature tries again to break an impasse over Medicaid expansion which has blocked passage of a state budget, Vice President Joseph Biden predicts that political pressure will eventually force GOP officials in every state to accept the expansion. And in Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, said he's talked with federal officials about a plan to go around the GOP-controlled state legislature, which opposes the expansion, but federal officials say their hands are tied.
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