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Established new,
tax-free Health Savings Accounts (HSA) which
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allow
Americans to own and control their own health care
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Opened or expanded
community and rural health centers
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with the goal of
serving an additional 6.1 million people who live
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in underserved
and rural areas
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Granted waivers
and flexibility to states to extend eligibility
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under Medicaid
and the State Childrenﾕs Health Insurance
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Program (SCHIP)
to an estimated 2.6 million low-income
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Americans
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Implemented a
new rule to lower drug costs for millions of
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Americans by
strengthening competition between generic and
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brand-name
drugs, saving American consumers more than $35
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billion in drug
costs over the next ten years.･ Created a
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Medicare
Prescription Drug Benefit to help seniors pay for
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their medicines
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