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Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, promotes an amendment that pushes for for expansion of Medicaid to more than 230,000 uninsured working poor residents during floor debate in House Chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Brown's proposal failed. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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**FILE** A draft copy of the 21-page Health and Human Services Department form proposed for use to apply for low-cost insurance from Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program is photographed in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)
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Donna Hovey, right, and Nicole Wahl, front, assist 100-year-old Margaret Godfrey down the steps of a bus Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Kensett, Iowa after Northwood residents were evacuated to the Kensett Community Center, about six miles away, following a chemical fire at a fertilizer plant in Northwood. The women worked for Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood, Iowa, which had been evacuated because of the fire. Northwood has a population of about 2,000 people. (AP Photo/Albert Lea Tribune, )
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More than two dozen protesters seeking to convince Idaho lawmakers to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the state's Human Rights Act block two entrances to the Idaho Senate in Boise on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. At a similar protest on Feb. 3, 44 demonstrators were arrested and charged with misdemeanor tresspassing. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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An unidentified man stands with other protesters seeking to convince Idaho lawmakers to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the state's Human Rights Act as they block the entrances to the Idaho Senate in Boise on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. At a similar protest on Feb. 3, 44 demonstrators were arrested and charged with misdemeanor trespassing. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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In this Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Don Gross sits in the RVCP dining facility near a section of a favorite quote by Mother Teresa in Janesville, Wis. Gross is one of about 40 veterans in a transitional housing program called Housing 4 Our Vets, located south of Janesville. In 2011, the nonprofit Rock Valley Community Programs opened the housing, which is funded by the Veterans Administration and community donations. The goal of the program is for homeless veterans to transition into their own housing. Men range in age from early 20s to 80. Many served during the Vietnam era. More veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are entering the program, which can house a maximum of 48. (AP Photo/The Janesville Gazette, Bil Olmsted)
