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Medicaid Expansion (with work requirements) has passed the Virginia Senate.

It is almost a go as the House has to vote on the Senate package again.

Enrollment is highly likely to start 1/1/19.

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  7. 7.

    Elizabelle

    Wonderful news. And thank you to Terry McAuliffe, too, who tried so mightily on what passed during his successor’s, Ralph Northam’s, term.

    Elections have consequences. Vote the massive resistance Republicans OUT. Make Virginia smarter.

  9. 9.

    Redshift

    Woo-hoo!

    And thanks to my state senator, Dick Saslaw, who saw through the shenanigans the GOP least tried right up to the end to try turning derail the majority vote. I’m not often thrilled with him, but he’s done good on this.

  11. 11.

    Redshift

    @FlipYrWhig:

    Perriello woulda won.

    LOL. Periello’s a good guy. Unlike certain of his supporters, when he lost the primary he enthusiastically campaigned for the nominee, and he’s been doing good work since the election.

  12. 12.

    randy khan

    @rikyrah:

    ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

    Indeed, they do. And all of the people who worked incredibly hard to create the tectonic shift in the Virginia House of Delegates (I mean, really, nobody thought the Dems could gain 15 seats, or probably even 10) and to elect Ralph Northam Governor are part of the reason this is happening.

  13. 13.

    randy khan

    @FlipYrWhig:

    Periello might have won. Northam’s margin was big enough that there’s a fair case any decent Dem could have been elected Governor. But I’d rather have Northam and the margin he got.

  15. 15.

    FlipYrWhig

    @randy khan: I think Northam’s sunny aw-shucks demeanor turned out to be very valuable, and someone more combative would not have fared as well, but that’s IMHO and YMMV.

  16. 16.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @B.B.A.:
    I admit my face fell a little when I read that but it’s still a sign of more good things to come. The Republicans in the House of Delegates, because of the election results from last year, have been forced to at least consider progressive legislation. They know the ground has shifted under their feet. This is what happens when people vote; it does matter.

  17. 17.

    FlipYrWhig

    @B.B.A.: If I were a Republican I’d be crusading to stick work requirements on everything in sight. Sadly, apolitical and partially-political people lap that up.

  18. 18.

    sherparick

    @FlipYrWhig: Yea, they don’t understand that this is just creating a huge amount of bureaucratic hoops for people who already work or really completely unable to work to get through and to cut people off, who actually meet the requirements, because they did not turn the paper work in right or it got lost.

  22. 22.

    HeleninEire

    @FlipYrWhig: Stop joking. Perrelillo won in the deepest of the deep Virginia. He is one of the good ones. Want proof? My sister lives in his district. She voted for him. Her son was shot to death. She and her stupid asshole in-laws still support the NRA.

    And truthfully I don’t even know if my comment makes sense. It’s late here.

  23. 23.

    msdc

    @Redshift: Yeah, Tom Periello endorsed Northam on the night he lost the primaries (which is WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO) and never looked back. He worked hard to get Northam elected and he deserves some small measure of credit for this too.

  24. 24.

    randy khan

    @msdc:

    I didn’t vote for him, but you’re absolutely right when you say that Periello deserves credit for not just endorsing Northam, but working actively to elect his former opponent. He understood that making sure a Dem won in November was the most important thing, and acted on it. I certainly appreciated it, and it made me more likely to vote for him in the future.

  29. 29.

    sdhays

    @randy khan: In Virginia in particular, that’s the smart move since the incumbent can’t run for reelection. There will be an open seat for governor in 2021, so Periello can use the goodwill from being a team player now to build up a base to be Northam’s successor. I suppose that’s the one benefit from the stupid single term limit in Virginia – you’re never going to have to face the incumbent again, so that can dial down the heat of internal battles since that particular battle is guaranteed to not happen again next cycle.

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