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FEB. 28, 2006

New Senate bill would cover half of state uninsured

By Scott Helman

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 28, 2006

The state Senate, in an 11th-hour bid to keep $385 million in annual federal Medicaid money coming into Massachusetts, will debate a slimmed-down healthcare bill today that aims to cover roughly half of the state’s uninsured residents through new subsidized insurance plans.

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