President Joe Biden indicated he wouldn’t entertain stricter requirements for Medicaid but left the door open to other benefits such as food stamps.
Author: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY
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Biden takes aim at child care costs, availability with new executive order
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President Biden visits Northern Ireland amid thwarted IRA bomb plot and fragile peace
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