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You are here: Home / Past Elections / 2020 Elections / Medicaid expansion will be on the ballot again

Medicaid expansion will be on the ballot again

by David Anderson|  November 27, 20186:29 am| 9 Comments

This post is in: 2020 Elections, Anderson On Health Insurance, Don't Mourn, Organize, Fuck Yeah!

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Bruce Japsen at Forbes makes a very good point. 

Medicaid expansion will be on the ballot again as the referendums to pass Expansion succeeded in three very red states this year: Utah, Idaho and Nebraska.

The Fairness project says at least six states could become targets for Medicaid expansion ballot initiatives in 2020 thought the group says it’s not ready to announce any campaigns.

“Right now we think those states include Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Mississippi, and Wyoming,” the group said.

The big Expansion hold-outs are Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.  An initiative process to get Medicaid Expansion passed in Florida would be a big deal.  If you are looking for something political to do and want to avoid the pie fighting of primary season, helping out with signature collection and organizing for Expansion may be the thing for you.

 

 

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  1. 1.

    Planetjanet

    November 27, 2018 at 6:50 am

    Brilliant idea. I am all in.

  2. 2.

    rikyrah

    November 27, 2018 at 6:56 am

    I love Medicaid Expansion being on the ballot. I really think that they should add Georgia to that list.

  3. 3.

    Barbara

    November 27, 2018 at 7:11 am

    Not every state allows citizen initiated referenda. Florida does, but I am not sure about Georgia.

  4. 4.

    Jerry

    November 27, 2018 at 7:46 am

    So, how do we get started in NC? What needs to be done to get the wheels in motion? What can *I* do? I, who am just a lowly, unconnected, fully-employed, citizen?

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    O. Felix Culpa

    November 27, 2018 at 7:54 am

    @Jerry: You might want to contact the Fairness Project about getting involved. You’d be doing the lord’s work in NC!

  6. 6.

    WereBear

    November 27, 2018 at 8:00 am

    This was the Republican’s biggest nightmare: people would start wanting it! They would think it was a good idea!

    Bwahahahaha.

  7. 7.

    Duane

    November 27, 2018 at 9:04 am

    Another in a series of Democratic proposals being highly popular when presented for a vote. This year in Missouri, we passed increased minimum wage, medical marijuana, non-partisan redistricting, and kicked the hell out of the legislature’s right-to-work law. Bring on Medicaid expansion. It’s the right thing to do, and it’s a winner.

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    Kent

    November 27, 2018 at 11:34 am

    Texas has no initiative and referendum process. Any medicaid expansion would have to come through the state legislature. Honestly I’m shocked that they are still giving up so many bllions of dollars that would flow to the state’s hospitals and help maintain rural ones in deep red rural parts of the state. But I guess there is no accounting for the sheer vile evil that is the modern GOP.

  9. 9.

    TomatoQueen

    November 27, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    After a long long wait, Virginia has Medicaid expansion, although it may not be the expansion people imagined. For one thing, there will be some sort of work requirement, although it may not be as barbarous as that crafted (hiss, spit) in Arkansas. Report in tonight’s Virginia Mercury, for more: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2018/11/27/after-some-adjustments-federal-government-takes-over-virginias-medicaid-work-requirement-application/?fbclid=IwAR0FeNclSgTcp2FLAHsRnNkpd1_0xy0mNfj-EvOB-sXsFXPe_DEO9YgfXaU

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