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Podcast: Some Red States Coming Around to Obamacare

CQ on Congress, Episode 107

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during the Senate Democrats' rally against Medicaid cuts in front of the U.S. Capitol on  June 6, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during the Senate Democrats' rally against Medicaid cuts in front of the U.S. Capitol on  June 6, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Shawn Zeller and Misty Williams
Posted June 15, 2018 at 12:32pm

Voters in some GOP-leaning states will get a chance to adopt the 2010 health care law’s Medicaid expansion by ballot initiative this November while others may elect governors who support it, says CQ health care reporter Misty Williams. It’s an indication that even some conservative states are coming to accept the Affordable Care Act as the law of the land.

Show Notes:

Fall Elections Key Moment in Medicaid Expansion Debate

 

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