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- ↑ Baicker, Katherine; Finkelstein, Amy; Song, Jae; Taubman, Sarah (2013). The Impact of Medicaid on Labor Force Activity and Program Participation: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment (Report). Working Paper Series. National Bureau of Economic Research. doi:10.3386/w19547 . Retrieved April 18, 2017.
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- ↑ Testimony before the House of Representatives, June 26, 2013
