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As NPR's Tovia Smith reports, due to the state's budget crisis, Massachusetts is now poised to drop 30, 000 legal immigrants from its coverage.
NPR: Mass. Cuts Health Benefits For Some Immigrants
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And yet, less than one week from now, Congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary, automatic budget cuts that will do the exact opposite.
WHITEHOUSE: Weekly Address: Congress Must Act Now to Stop the Sequester
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The first salvo in that battle is coming from House Republicans poised to release on Tuesday a now-familiar budget featuring gestures to block "Obamacare, " turn Medicare into a voucher-like program for future retirees and sharply curb Medicaid and domestic agency budgets.
NPR: Senate Democrats Prepare Government Funding Bill
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Unfortunately, in just four days, Congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary, automatic budget cuts to kick in that will slow our economy, eliminate good jobs, and leave a lot of folks who are already pretty thinly stretched scrambling to figure out what to do.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks to National Governors Association