White House amends map to include the U.P.

It's nothing new to see a map that leaves off the Upper Peninsula, but typically we don't expect our federal government to make such a mistake about its own borders.

 

Excerpt: U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, a Crystal Falls Republican, pointed out today that the Obama administration may be in need of a geography lesson after posting a map on www.whitehouse.gov on Wednesday that shows the 24 states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals under the Affordable Care Act.

 

Michigan — which is among the states that has expanded coverage — is all mitt, no U.P. 

 

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