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Can the federal government force states to adopt policies by threatening to cut all their funding?

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In 2012, the Supreme Court struck down part of Obamacare that threatened states with losing all Medicaid funds—roughly 10% of state budgets—if they refused to expand the program. Seven of nine justice...

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