Medicaid Is a Big Winner on Election Day

Voters in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah on Tuesday defied their Republican state leaders in approving ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid, confirms the Huffington Post . In Idaho, for instance, 62 percent of voters backed Medicaid expansion, while 53 percent of Nebraska voters did the same. Each of the three states indeed have GOP-majority legislatures and Republican governors, who could opt to obstruct the implementation of the Medicaid expansion. In other potentially positive news for advocates of Medicaid expansion, Kansas elected Democrat Laura Kelly to be its next governor. The state legislature approved a bill to expand Medicaid in 2017 only to have then-Gov. Sam Brownback (R) veto it.