Maine just became the 33rd state to expand Medicaid [vox.com]

Alicia Doktor 11/9/174:00 AM

Maine will become the 33rd state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, extending coverage to as many as 89,000 low-income residents.

The Associated Press and NBC News projected the victory late Tuesday.

Maine is the first state to expand Medicaid during the Trump administration, and also the first to do so via a ballot initiative rather than legislation. This offers a possible playbook for health care advocates in other states looking to extend coverage but stymied by political opposition.

Medicaid expansion actually has a fair amount of bipartisan support in Maine. Earlier this year, I wrote about a Republican state legislator named Tom Saviello who has repeatedly introduced bills to expand the Medicaid program.

[For more on this story by Sarah Kliff, go to https://www.vox.com/policy-and...-expansion-obamacare]

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