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b'Health policy researcher Heather Howard returns to the pod and, not surprisingly, Medicaid was the focus of our talk. We discussed various Medicaid issues; the extent non-expansion was driven by policy or politics, work requirements under Section 1115 waivers, state administrative costs associated with draconian Medicaid expansion criteria (particularly when compared to the macroeconomic effects of a robust healthcare system), cost-sharing and the \\u201cprivate option\\u201d in existing state plans, and the likelihood of Section 1332 waivers moving states to universal care or, at least, meaningful innovation.'