How the Midterms Could Impact Medicaid
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Since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, 33 states have expanded Medicaid, largely along partisan lines, with
Health policy experts say that, generally, a state's status of expansion guides which races are most important to watch in the midterms.
"For a state that hasn't yet expanded, the governor can't do it all, so you have to watch what happens with the legislature," says
The midterms come at a crucial time for health care. The Trump administration gave states the greenlight to adopt new rules for Medicaid that the Obama administration rejected. For instance,
"He talks a lot about what he doesn't like [about the ACA], but he has yet to say what he'd do that's positive," says
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"We've gotten used to thinking that
Schuette's Democratic opponent,
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DeWine leans more pragmatic in general, so
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If any states elect governors who are more conservative than their predecessors, "
A governor's authority, however, isn't limitless. Since residents in
Implementation of it, though, will likely fall to his successor. LePage is term-limited. Running to take his place is Democratic Attorney General
Among states that haven't expanded Medicaid, Jones says the state to watch is
While it's unlikely that the legislature in a state that deep red would flip Democrat, "the state seems to be trending more moderate," says Jones. On a recent trip to
The governor's race in the state is a matchup between hardline conservative Secretary of State
While it's a wild card, the political landscape in
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"Supporters of the ACA think of
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