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To: Katelew who wrote (31712)	8/30/2017 1:15:26 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 356238

en.wikipedia.org You can find your state's poverty ranking here by looking at the last column--the supplemental measure column. It looks like DC is the second worst. Mississipi, always considered as having the highest poverty rate in the nation, comes in with a score of 16% of population living in poverty while California has a score of 23%. This impacts the distribution of money for Obamacare. 40% of ACA funding goes to a cluster of either 4 or 5 particular states. But these states only have 20% of the US population living in them. This is why some Republicans argue for ACA funding to come in the form of block grants to each state. Personally, I'm not sure I agree but it's an approach that probably should be discussed.