{"id":142,"date":"2013-02-14T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2013-02-14T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T22:59:00","slug":"sen-kirk-says-stroke-changed-perspective-on-medicaid-the-hills-healthwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Kirk says stroke changed perspective on Medicaid – The Hill’s Healthwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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"Had I been limited to that I would have had no chance to recover like I did. So unlike before suffering the stroke, I\u2019m much more focused on Medicaid and what my fellow citizens face," Kirk told the Chicago Sun Times<\/i>. <\/p>\n

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"I will look much more carefully at the Illinois Medicaid program to see how my fellow citizens are being cared for who have no income and if they suffer from a stroke," Kirk said. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sen. Kirk says stroke changed perspective on Medicaid – The Hill’s Healthwatch<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chicago Sun-Times <\/em>interview is here.<\/em><\/a> He also says he\u2019d support an assault weapons ban.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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