Medicaid expansion gets extra boost from governor races

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Medicaid expansion advocates are looking to capitalize off their midterm victories by potentially adding Kansas and Wisconsin to their list of recent wins.

Voters in three deep-red states voted to extend coverage to low-income adults, and those wins could spur expansion efforts next year in Wisconsin and Kansas, where Democratic candidates won governor's races on Tuesday.

“I think the midterms were great news on Medicaid and expansion,” said Patti Boozang, a consultant with Manatt Health. “It’s validation that people really want expansion in their state.”

Boozang said lawmakers in non-expansion states are going to be hard-pressed to hold out in the future.

“There’s a lot of evidence that it works and it does a lot of really good things for states,” she said. “The growing evidence base on expansion is increasingly hard to ignore.”

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/416031-medicaid-expansion-momentum-gets-extra-boost-from-governor-races

[CottonBear]

1. Not in GA. GA GOP passed law that only the legislative can enact expansion

and not the Governor, knowing that we’re likely to elect a Democrat as governor while the state general assembly will remain in GOP control for the near and distant future.

We are still screwed even if Abrams wins.

[Maine-i-acs]

2. Don't forget Maine, 70,000 to be added

This was approved by a citizen referendum but Gov. LeRage(R) spiked the paperwork.

Now we will have a Democratic Gov. with Priority 1 to expand Medicaid. Thanks Janet Mills!