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The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the House-passed Republican spending bill could leave more than 7 million people uninsured.

Republicans are plotting to cut the federal match for Medicaid expansion, which could cost states as much as $600 billion and leave 20 million Americans uninsured.

Twenty-seven percent were uninsured, more than three times the national uninsured rate.

First, they are trying to keep residents in Altadena through grants and other support that enable homeowners to rebuild, particularly if they were uninsured or underinsured.

“Medicaid expansion is responsible for the largest share of the reduction of this nation’s uninsured rate,” says Joan Alker, a Medicaid and children’s health expert at Georgetown University.