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How much more perfect can a test group be? Texarkana: Case study in Medicaid expansion
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/09/1305591/-Texarkana-Case-study-in-Medicaid-expansion?detail=facebookThe expansion is already having an effect on the city’s biggest provider of charity care [on the Arkansas side], the nonprofit Christus St. Michael Health System. “We’re seeing more patients with a payer,” said Chris Karam, its president, referring to those with health insurance coverage.
On the Texas side, though, it’s business as usual. “It makes me mad,” said Mr. Miller, who is not receiving any federal benefits at the moment despite his array of illnesses. “They need to quit playing games with people’s lives. Rich people. Government people.”