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Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs HEALTH

to provide dental care to their poorest residents DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad
expand their practice are Centers for Disease Control
finding themselves caught and Prevention.q Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
Tel. 527 4000
up in red tape. Dr. Victor
Wu, the chief medical of- San Nicolas
ficer for Tennessee’s Med- Imsan 24 hours
icaid program, said he was Tel.524 8833
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Danielle Wilkes is seen by a dentist during a clinic visit Thursday, often is seen as routine, call: 011-297-630-1307 Dental Clinic 587 9850
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Sept. 7, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Wilkes waited five years to have the poor often go without johnnypaesch@gmail.com Urgent Care 586 0448
her teeth repaired after getting several teeth knocked out in a any care for years or even Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
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(AP Photo/George Walker IV) nificant costs, both to tax- Women in Difficulties
By Michael Casey pulled in July at the Mehar- payers and to those who Marriott surf club EMERGENCY
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pain from a rotting wisdom changed after that.” tal conditions represents call : 011-297-630-1307 San Nicolas 584 5000
tooth. He couldn’t sleep, His wife, Cindy, who also is up to 2.5% of emergency johnnypaesch@gmail.com Police Tipline 11141
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barely ate and relied on on Medicaid, has had her room visits, at a cost of $2 www.halleytimetravelaruba.online Fire Dept. 115
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