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Texas To Stonewall Obamacare

by David Kurtz
07.09.12 | 9:49 am

Rick Perry, governor of the state with the highest percentage of uninsured residents, declares he won’t create a health insurance exchange or take advantage of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.

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