
Possible Medicaid cuts would impact special needs programs, N.J. provider says
A New Jersey family says they would be heavily impacted by any proposed cuts to Medicaid.
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A graduate of CUNY's Queens College, who was born in Brooklyn, raised in Queens and is part of the Indo-Caribbean community in New York, Jennifer is also an accomplished author of children's books and has previously written for NY Newsday, The Amsterdam News and The Queens Chronicle.
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A New Jersey family says they would be heavily impacted by any proposed cuts to Medicaid.
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