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“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.

The contents of the safes were the family’s life savings and were uninsured, he said.

The two-bedroom homes, built by Redwood City-based Samara, will go to residents of low to moderate incomes who are uninsured, underinsured or elderly and otherwise lack the money to rebuild on their land.

However, a major gap remained — many women lost Medicaid coverage just 60 days after giving birth, leaving them uninsured at a time when postpartum complications, mental health conditions, and medical needs are most urgent.

The remaining $1.1 billion pays for emergency room visits and pregnancy care, which the federal government covers under a federal law that requires hospitals to stabilize and treat uninsured patients in emergency departments.