Democrats to Offer Red State Medicaid Expansion

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Democrats to Offer Red State Medicaid Expansion

July 14, 2021 at 3:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 41 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/07/14/democrats-to-offer-red-state-medicaid-expansion-work-around/

"SNIP.....

The newly-announced $3.5 trillion budget resolution proposed by Democrats will include funding to cover 2 million people in red states that refuse to expand Medicaid, Politico reports.

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[wryter2000]

1. They can get past the Republican governors?

Be still, my heart.

[NH Ethylene]

2. That would be great!

It's not fair for people to be deprived of needed health care assistance just because they live in a state run by assholes..

[smirkymonkey]

4. Then again, they voted for those assholes.

I realize that there are some who didn't, and it is unfair that they should suffer. But I have no tolerance anymore for people who vote against their own interests. They can all go to hell for all I care.

[DBoon]

5. Missouri passed a citizens initiative to expand ACA to that state

State reps from gerrymandered districts who were not in fact democratically elected blocked it.

Gerrymandering is inherently undemocratic - it is an attempt to assure one party always has a majority when a fair vote would deny them that majority.

[old guy]

3. No.

The majority of voters in red states do not want Medicaid expansion. If they did they would vote for people who will help them get it. They continue to vote for their christofascist politicians who don't want them to have it. Elections have consequences and no expansion is a consequence of christofacist rule.