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Negative Impact On Medicaid

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Medicaid, I believe, is an essential program to have and I agree that no one should have to make a compromise or choice to be educated or to be taken care of. Those types of decisions should be part of the rights a person has being a citizen of the United States. I would also agree with that not having dental, and psychiatric services are a negative impact to this program since these vulnerable populations would benefit greatly to these services. Although, having different requirements for different states can be cause confusion and inconsistency for the program, I do not find this to be a negative impact within Medicaid. The majority of individuals that participate in Medicaid are not traveling or moving to other states. They may have lived

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