Nebraska may let voters decide on ACA Medicaid expansion

Nicholas Leider | July 09, 2018 | Health Exec |

This November, Nebraska voters may decide whether the state will become the 35^th to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Insure the Good Life, a campaign to expand Medicaid, recently submitted 135,000 signatures to the secretary of state. If 85,000 are validated, the question will be on the ballot.

"Now people will speak out and get the job done that should have been done long ago," said state Sen. Adam Morfeld, a Democrat from Lincoln, Nebraska, in an NPR story.

If so, Nebraska will join Utah and Idaho as states including a ballot measure on expansion of Medicaid under the ACA.

Read more at NPR below:

Nebraska May Join Utah, Idaho in Putting Medicaid Expansion Before Voters

Nicholas Leider, Managing Editor

Nicholas joined TriMed in 2016 as the managing editor of the Chicago office. After receiving his master’s from Roosevelt University, he worked in various writing/editing roles for magazines ranging in topic from billiards to metallurgy. Currently on Chicago’s north side, Nicholas keeps busy by running, reading and talking to his two cats.

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