How Can Medicaid Enhance State Capacity to Respond to COVID-19?

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  1. See for example: “Governor Murphy Announces Efforts to Support Consumer Access to COVID-19 Screening, Testing, and Testing-Related Services”, State of New Jersey, accessed March 12, 2020, https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562020/20200310a.shtml; “Governor Cuomo Announces New Directive Requiring New York Insurers to Waive Cost-Sharing for Coronavirus Testing”, New York State, accessed March 12, 2020, https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-new-directive-requiring-new-york-insurers-waive-cost-sharing; “Gov. Whitmer announces Michigan medicaid will waive co-pays for COVID-19 testing”, WZZM13, accessed March 12, 2020, https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/governor-whitmer-announces-copay-price-waive-for-coronavirus-testing-in-michigan/69-9e7e7363-08a3-4d4d-98db-0687e442e8f7.

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  2. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, “Public Charge,” https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/public-charge, accessed March 16, 2020.

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