Read this http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2014/07/05/couple-married-years-separate-wife-can-keep-insurance/12203959/ paying close attention to the three last paragraphs. It’s a political propaganda piece and our GOP state lawmakers made the right decision. Under original Medicaid program pre-1992 the woman would have definitely been covered. The DEMs in control of the state capitol are what originally screwed it up.
Post 5&6 Ping. knoxnews.com is pushing the story as well. That tells me all I need to know.