Healthy States Likely To Become More Healthy, Sicker States Likely To Become Sicker With Medicaid Expansion Decision

Medicaid Opposition Underscores States' Healthcare Disparities by Noam N. Levey.  The Los Angeles Times.  May 18, 2013.

Read this significant article and test your recall on the following questions;  Or read the questions and then read the article and look for the answers

(1)  Colon cancer deaths in states opposing Medicaid expansion and _____% higher than in pro-expansion states;  Breast cancer  ______% higher;  

(2)  Conservative critics of expansion  would discourage people from __________________ and would ________ state budgets.

(3)  True or False:  Most state leaders fighting Medicaid expansion have advanced many alternatives to tackle their state's health problems.

(4)  Compare and contrast health coverage and outcomes in Texas and Massachusetts.  Potentially preventable deaths are _______% higher in Texas than in Massachusetts according to CDC data.

(5)  Republican legislatures in ______, _____, and ______ have blocked Republican their governors' efforts to expand Medicaid.

(6)  What has been the record of Maine, New York, and Arizona, as compared with neighboring states, for a previous Medicaid expansion a decade ago?

(7)  What did a recent study of Medicaid expansion in Oregon show?