Newly elected Democratic Louisiana Governor John Edwards, sworn in earlier this week, has made history by quickly announcing that he would expand the state Medicaid program. Driven by both a financial and a moral imperative, Gov. Edwards seeks to use federal funding through the Affordable Care Act to provide insurance coverage to approximately 300,000 low-income individuals and families, making Louisiana a lone beacon among southern states that have actively resisted the opportunity. And the expansion could not come soon enough.
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