Election night ushers in more Medicaid coverage for the poor via Obamacare

Published November 7, 2018 10:04am ET



Hundreds of thousands of poor people across the country are set to be covered for the first time under government-funded Medicaid after Tuesday’s election results.

Voters in Kansas, Maine, and Wisconsin flipped their governors from Republicans to Democrats who vowed to allow more people to receive Medicaid coverage under a provision created by Obamacare. Voters in Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho approved ballot measures to opt for expansion under Obamacare, which will allow people making less than $17,000 to receive coverage the government pays for.

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