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Families shopping for health insurance through the new federal marketplace are running into trouble getting everyone covered when children are eligible for Medicaid but their parents are not. Children who qualify for Medicaid, the safety-net program for the poor and disabled, can’t be included on subsidized family plans purchased through the federal marketplace, a fact that is taking many parents by surprise and leaving some kids stuck without coverage.

Pelosi Statement on New Report That Health Reform Will Create 4 Million More Jobs Over the Next Decade Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on a new report released today by the Center for American Progress that shows that health insurance reform will create up to 4 million more jobs over the next decade than would be created without reform.  The report finds that health care reform could increase the number of jobs in the United States by about 250,000 to 400,000 per year over the coming decade. “We know that health insurance reform will help...