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60 Minutes 58x24 - Return to RAM | Ghost Train | The Mardi GrasIndians

    

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Return to RAM – As the affordable care marketplace has seenpremiums rise and Medicaid faces its biggest cuts ever,correspondent Scott Pelley revisits one charity, Remote AreaMedical, that delivers aid to Americans cut off fromhealthcare by location and cost. At one of RAM's free pop-upclinics, Pelley meets patients sleeping in their cars andstanding in line, many hundreds of miles from their homes, indesperate need of care. Henry Schuster and Sarah Turcotte arethe producers.Ghost Train – Countries around the world havebuilt high-speed rail – why has it failed to catch on in theU.S.? An ambitious state-run project connecting L.A. and SanFrancisco is vastly behind schedule and has seen costs balloon.One private company is hoping to succeed where the publicsector hasn't – but that too faces challenges.Correspondent Jon Wertheim reports on the state of high-speedrail in the U.S., which has become a stand-in for a broaderquestion: can America still build big things? David M. Levineis the producer.The Mardi Gras Indians – Every year on MardiGras, Black revelers roam the backstreets of New Orleans indazzling hand-sewn suits that take an entire year to create.Correspondent Bill Whitaker meets the Mardi Gras Indians,also known as Black Masking Indians, one of America's lastsecret societies, who are preserving a culture that dates toat least the 1800s. It's a tradition marked by resilience andresistance that honors their ancestors. Nichole Marks is theproducer.
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