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State Approaches to Simplify Medicaid Eligibility and Implications for Inequality of Infant Health

Emily Rauscher, Ailish Burns
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2023, 9 (4) 32-60; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.4.02

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State Approaches to Simplify Medicaid Eligibility and Implications for Inequality of Infant Health
Emily Rauscher, Ailish Burns
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Sep 2023, 9 (4) 32-60; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2023.9.4.02
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