dr. tom sherman. senator sherman represents this senate district, senate district 24, which includes hampton, and he is a gastroenterologist who has been a very, very active advocate of expanding medicaid in new hampshire. he is also serving currently on the state's task force investigating the cancer cluster. sen. sherman: thank you. hi, everybody. after this summer, with so much bike riding through your neighborhoods, this field like my second home. , as many of you know, i am a g.i. dr. over at exeter. and when i was first elected to the house back in 2012, we started looking at expanding moreaid, and as i learn and more about expanding medicaid, one of the most interesting factoids was a study that came out of the oregon experience, and when they expanded medicaid, which i won't go into the details of how they did it, but it was randomized. half the population who was eligible got it, and half did not, so harvard did an incredible amount of studying of that experience. and guess what the number one earliest benefit was? anybody know? sort of. mental health. mental health. the first two years, menta