St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By: Samantha Liss
Health care advocates in Missouri are closely watching successful efforts to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot in other red states. Last year, voters in Maine approved expanding Medicaid through a ballot initiative, the first state to gain approval through a public vote.
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“Interestingly, Medicaid has always polled pretty well, but there is no question public awareness about the importance of Medicaid is at an all-time high,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University.
“I attribute that to the Republican efforts in Congress to not only repeal the Affordable Care Act but to dramatically cut the program while they were in the neighborhood.”
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