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Committee moves language on Medicaid restoration and core human services with edits; members debate scope and cost
Summary
Committee members discussed restored Medicaid coverage and protections for core federal human services (SNAP, Head Start) and approved editorial changes removing the word "disproportionately" from a protections paragraph; members debated taxpayer cost and program scope.
Will County's Federal Legislative Agenda Committee discussed proposals to support restoration of Medicaid coverage for seniors and immigrants and to urge protection of core human services such as SNAP and Head Start during its Sept. 11 meeting.
The health department had submitted language asking federal reinstitution of coverage the county previously had; the committee noted the health department's proposal would be…
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