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Friday, May 3, 2013

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
Politico | Medicaid expansion stalls in red states
Conservative state legislators have thwarted Republican governors who broke with their base in favor of Obamacare’s massive expansion of Medicaid.
Washington Times | Business owners’ lawsuit says tax credits cannot flow to federally run Obamacare markets
A group of small business owners has filed suit against President Obama’s health care law, breathing new life into a long-simmering debate on whether the law’s premium tax credits were solely intended for states that set up their own insurance markets.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
CNBC | Gartman: 'Obamacare' Stunting Job Growth
With a fresh batch of U.S. non-farm payroll data set to be released on Friday, expectations remain low for any improvement on March's surprisingly dismal figure.