5.2 million people left uninsured in 26 states  Gap hits working
poor where federal money was rejected     MINNEAPOLIS — About
5.2 million Americans will be left without health coverage after
26 states decided to reject expanded Medicaid insurance programs
for the poor with money provided under President Obama's health
care reform.  Southern states will be particularly hard hit,
according to a report from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and
the Uninsured. In Texas, more than 1 million people won't have
access to insurance provided through the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010, while 763,890 Floridians won't
receive health coverage.  Expansion of Medicaid eligibility was
intended to provide health insurance for the working poor, those
with incomes just higher than the poverty line who would
struggle to pay premiums. While the Supreme Court upheld the law
last year, it also allowed states not to expand Medicaid.  "In
states that expand their Medicaid programs, millions of adults
will gain Med