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4,353 Medicaid recipients in Arkansas were removed from the program for failing to comply with the state's draconian work requirements.

We're suing. bit.ly/2oZLATA
Requiring Medicaid work requirements is going to jeopardize people’s health and make it even harder for them to provide for themselves and their families. splcenter.org/news/2018/09/0…
We've already sued — and won — in Kentucky. splcenter.org/news/2018/06/2…
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Peter Brown is a US citizen who was mistakenly detained by ICE after local sheriffs arrested him. We're suing. npr.org/2018/12/18/677…
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