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In Medicaid-Dependent Central Valley, Cuts Pose Political Risk for Six-Term Congressman

Danielle Velling depends on monthly injections to keep her severe asthma at bay in California’s Central Valley, one of the most polluted regions in the U.S., where asthma rates exceed those in other parts of the state. She receives the medication thanks to Medicaid, the government-funded insurance program, known in California as Medi-Cal. But now […]