Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock on Wednesday wrote a letter saying they want the federal government to find a way to provide health insurance coverage to people in Georgia and 11 other states that haven't agreed to expand the Medicaid program.
With a dozen states rejecting an offer of extra federal money if they expend Medicaid, Georgia’s two Democratic U.S. senators are now pushing for a federal workaround.
Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock on Wednesday wrote a letter saying they want the federal government to find a way to provide health insurance coverage to people in Georgia and 11 other states that haven’t agreed to expand the Medicaid program.
“The federal government, which already funded coverage for these individuals through the Affordable Care Act, has a responsibility to step in and help these citizens who have been left behind by their state leadership,” Ossoff and Warnock wrote. “We cannot continue to allow Americans with low incomes to suffer any longer just because they live in a state that has been overcome by political obstruction.”
Claiming unfair trade, US disputes Canadian dairy quotas and tarriffs
Impacts New York s farmers due to their proximity to Canadian markets
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New York dairy farmers would like to seel more goods to Canada but say they face quotas and high tariffs.Times Union file photo
The Biden administration is looking to create a special dispute panel to deal with what they and New York dairy farmers contend is Canada’s unfair import quotas, which have long been a sore point in trade relations.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s complaint contends that that Canada is improperly applying tariffs and quotas on 14 dairy products, including milk, cream, cheese and yogurt.
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