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The Medicaid experiment in Arkansas: Thousands lost coverage, few gained jobs

By The Wall Street Journal  
   October 14, 2019

With the help of Medicaid, Stanley Ellis got two hip-replacement surgeries and other care to treat a condition that causes bone tissue to die. But earlier this year, after an emergency ambulance trip to a hospital here for splitting pain in his shoulder and head, a nurse delivered upsetting news: He had lost his coverage due to a new state work-requirement rule.

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