This is despite wide agreement among Imams and senior scholars that nobody with a serious medical condition should put their health at risk by fasting.

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Unable to purchase private coverage due to his serious pre-existing condition (a problem that will no longer exist thanks to health care reform), Shepherd had no other option but to go on Medicaid.

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