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Originally Posted by ;3222683
“Last night’s results do show that Medicaid expansion is broadly popular,” Fiedler said. Altogether, 37 states have now expanded Medicaid to some extent, with most of the holdouts being in the South.
Outside of the fight for control of Congress, state elections paved the way for the continued expansion of Medicaid. Voters approved ballot initiatives in three conservative-leaning states — Nebraska, Idaho and Utah — that called on state lawmakers to expand access to Medicaid.
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Ya, the popular retiring Idaho Republican governor endorsed the medicaid expansion and it was approved easily. This is a state that shot down a small vehicle registration fee increase and a levy for community college funding. "Medicaid" is not a dirty word I guess.