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Members of the Trump administration and Republicans on Capitol Hill repeatedly say the country’s Medicaid system is “broken” and enrollees struggle to get care because many doctors refuse that coverage.

The top U.S. official overseeing Medicaid — Seema Verma — doesn’t have to look far to find an example. Her husband, Dr. Sanjay Mishra, is one of them.

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