My name is Alice Kinsey and in 1990 I began working as an Eligibility Specialist for Dept of Human Services in Waxahachie Texas. One of my very first clients was a self-employed truck driver. He explained that he owned his own truck but that he was no longer able to drive it.
He had cancer. He needed surgery and chemo but had no income. I explained that he did not qualify for Medicaid because he had no children nor was he on disability. He asked, “What do I do? Where do I go?” I had no place to refer him for help. I do not know what happened to him. 31 years later and I still would not have a place to refer him. The Medicaid (1115 Transformation) Waiver would not have helped him. Medicaid Expansion would have.