Speaker Jon Burns (left) and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones have both signaled an openness to an Arkansas-style Medicaid expansion, which purchases private insurance for individuals on the marketplace instead of adding more people to the state-run Medicaid program. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
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