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States Face Double-Digit Increases in Medicaid Expenses

Medicaid expenses are climbing at double-digit rates even as state tax revenues decline in an underperforming economy. It adds up to the fact that state officials are facing some very difficult decisions in the new year. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

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