Third, it means getting more trained primary care clinicians, of all varieties, in front of needy patients.

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She doesn't have to pay Rocky Vista back if she spends five years working with needy patients after she graduates.

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Mississippi ranked last, mainly because it excludes medically needy patients, and Idaho came in second-to-last for pretty much the same reason--dinged for lacking a Medicaid fraud unit and for poor nursing home care.

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Now, patients (other than those judged most needy) have to pay a small share of the cost of prescriptions and a rather larger share of dental treatment.

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