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PBS NewsHour | What's at Stake in the Candidates' Visions for Medicaid | PBS

Duration: 10:22
Program: PBS NewsHour #10456
Broadcast Date: Oct. 1, 2012

The firestorm over how to make Medicare more sustainable has consumed the health care debate this election season, but Medicaid, its counterpart for low-income, disabled and elderly Americans, actually covers more people. Hari Sreenivasan looks at how the candidates' two drastically different proposals offer reform.

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Post Date: October 1, 2012