[uncitizen]

"Bush administration raised objections to provisions that would extend Medicaid coverage to thousands upon thousands of adults who otherwise would be uninsured"

This is a very unprofessional way for a journalist to phrase the amount of people involved. Is it tens of thousands? hundreds of thousands?

[i_dont_chat]

Thousands upon thousands.

Sounds like at least 4,000. And under 10,000.

That's how I compute it.

[mabelkitty]

It means it doesn't amount to one million, so the author doesn't want to be accused of lying.