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​Identify a technique adopted by Congress to fund the universal health-insurance coverage program it had developed in 2009

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​ An increased Medicare tax rate

Step-by-step explanation:

universal health-insurance coverage program in 2009 was aimed to help the poor citizens of united states with sustainable health insurance. (since most of them unable to afford individual health insurance from their income)

To fund it, they initiate a ​ An increased Medicare tax rate from the wealthier family and allocate the income from the tax to fund the program. The government at that time increase the tax rate for the families with more than $200,000 income for 0.9%.

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