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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Orange County Blocks Federal Healthcare Funds

    When President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act was passed two years ago, the state legislature passed laws to make California the poster child for successful implementation.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    When President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act was passed two years ago, the state legislature passed laws to make California the poster child for successful implementation. Included in a vote they took last week, three out of five Republican Supervisors in Orange County have now blocked their healthcare agency from seeking $10 million in federal grants they called "tainted" by "Obamacare." Dave Jones is California's Insurance Commissioner and a former Democratic Assemblyman.

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    Orange County Blocks Federal Healthcare Funds
    1. 0:00Orange County Blocks Federal Healthcare FundsYou’re reading this
    2. 10:02Fish and Game Commissioner Criticized for Killing Mountain Lion
    3. 22:19Rush Limbaugh and the GOP
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