After 2014, we'll be enrolling as many as 17 million additional low-wage workers in the country in Medicaid.

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Under federal law, every employee in America is entitled to a minimum wage, additional compensation for overtime and certain other benefits.

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This leads then to the real issue: can a company which pays its workers the minimum wage pass the additional cost onto the end customer?

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