Modern Healthcare

By: Harris Meyer

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Polls show the public supports Medicaid expansion, including in red states. A July tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in the 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, 51% of those polled said they favor expansion, with 39% opposing it. A recent UtahPolicy.com poll found 65% of Utahans support the ballot initiative to expand, with 30% opposing it. So rather than campaigning against expansion directly, some GOP gubernatorial candidates like Schuette and DeWine instead have promised to establish work requirements that would limit enrollment. “I think we’ll see not outright opposition to expansion but more efforts to put up barriers when an expansion program is enacted,” said Adam Searing, an associate professor of public policy at Georgetown University.

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