[Seruzawa]

Wait. How do State voters expand a Federal Program?

[DoodleDawg]

Wait. How do State voters expand a Federal Program?

Medicaid is run by the states and Obamacare gave them the option to expand it. The ballot measure was in the form of an initiated amendment to the state constitution. It passed so the state has no choice but to do the expansion.

[hanamizu]

Wait. How do State voters expand a Federal Program

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They passed an amendment to the state constitution requiring the state to participate in ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion. MO is not the first state to have this happen. The legislature refuses to participate, the dems circulate petitions to put it to the vote of the people.

The anti ads were basically, “How are we going to pay for this?” And the pro ads were people in white coats saying, “In the midst of a pandemic, how can you deny health care to the poor?”

Early in the evening the vote was against, but for some reason conservative areas of the state report their votes first, as the evening wore on and it was getting closer, I was sure it was going to pass. People who get free stuff don’t vote against free stuff.