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How Important Is Medicaid? Mom Explains

Sunshine State News

In the debate over Medicaid expansion, the voices of real people are often lost. As Sunshine State News reports, Medicaid can transform lives, as the program did for one Tampa family who can’t otherwise afford the medical care needed for a 9-year-old boy with a traumatic brain injury. 

Originally founded in December 2006 as an independent grassroots publication dedicated to coverage of health issues in Florida, Health News Florida was acquired by WUSF Public Media in September 2012.