User talk:Goodrule

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Your edit to Medicaid

Hi Goodrule, welcome to Wikipedia. I've reverted this edit to Medicaid, for the following reasons.

it deleted the statement "Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with limited income" without explanation
the statement you added probably doesn't belong in the lead section (see WP:LEAD), it might fit in somewhere in History and Participation
the statement you added is supported (in footnote 20) by a link to the Kaiser Foundation at http://www.kff.org/kmcu - however, that is a dead link.

When you find a page at Kaiser or some other reliable source supporting the statement, please feel free to re-add it. --CliffC (talk) 01:12, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the welcome, although I've edited anonymously for several years. I am reverting your undo. My edit did not delete "Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with limited income" and it does belong in the lead as it follows the previous statement concerning that being poor does not necessarily make one eligible for Medicaid. It also serves to correct the incorrect belief that most poor people are eligible for Medicaid. Finally, the source I cited, Public Citizen, is an oft cited and respected source. --Goodrule (talk) 10:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, I read the diff carelessly and saw it in part as a deletion, and that's what set me off. I withdraw the comments I made above. --CliffC (talk) 17:24, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem and thanks for the apology. --Goodrule (talk) 03:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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