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Can I imagine? Yes!!!!!

It is what I have been complaining about all along. People say that, if you don't have insurance, just apply for Medicaid. It isn't all that simple and this article, "Public Citizen: Texas Medicaid Program One of the Country's Worst", on the American-Statesman reiterates my point exactly.

In fact, the article states:

A new report from Public Citizen, a national, non-profit consumer advocacy organization, ranks the Texas Medicaid program 48 out of the programs in the 50 states.

Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program that covers around 55 million Americans, varies widely from state to state, said the report, which ranked states on eligibility requirements, benefits and quality of care.

“Where you happen to live can make all the difference,” said report co-author Annette Ramirez de Arellano, a public health expert at Public Citizen.

The report said that even the highest-ranking states had serious weaknesses but that Texas was one of the worst, scoring higher than only Idaho and Mississippi.

Texas “is the only state that places consistently at the bottom,” the report said. “Unlike other states that have made a policy decision to cover more persons for fewer services, or vice-versa, Texas ranks extremely low in both eligibility and scope of services.”

See Public Citizen for more details.