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One of D.C.’s largest hospitals will shutter one of its two postpartum wards on Sunday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

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One of D.C.’s largest hospitals will shutter one of its two postpartum wards on Sunday. It’s the first health provider in the District to reduce service citing, at least in part, recent changes to Medicaid.