Voters in Alabama and West Virginia approved ballot initiatives on Tuesday that will update the state constitutions to declare that abortion rights are not guaranteed, a move that will severely curtail reproductive rights in the states. In Oregon, voters blocked a similar ballot initiative that would have prevented taxpayer dollars from covering abortions for Medicaid beneficiaries and public employees.
Pro-choice and anti-choice advocates in all three states campaigned for weeks pr...
Month: November 2018
Utah voters approve ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion for low-income adults
Utah voters on Tuesday approved a measure expanding Medicaid coverage to thousands of low-income adults, circumventing Republican lawmakers who have opposed the policy for years.The measure ra...
Voters just gave more than 300,000 people health care
Residents in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah voted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Tuesday, granting health coverage to more than 300,000 low-income people.
Although all three states historically voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential elections, activists gathered enough signatures to put Medicaid on the ballot in each red state and residents managed to set partisan politics aside.
This means upwards of 62,000 people in Idaho, roughly ...
Idaho, Nebraska and Utah Vote to Expand Medicaid
The votes in three deep red states show how resilient the program has been, even as the Trump administration chips away at other aspects of Obamacare
Minimum wage, redistricting, Medicaid get 2018 voter blessings
Rachel Maddow reviews the outcome for some state ballot proposals, including non-partisan redistricting, minimum wage, and Medicaid expansion.
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History was made during the midterms as the US elected a number of “firsts”
The US midterms offered some bitter disappointment for progressive Democrats who were hoping to unseat Ted Cruz as senator of Texas, hold onto their Senate seats, and knock back the Republicans who embraced Donald Trump’s hardline, nativist views.
But Americans have ...
Nebraska voters pass Medicaid expansion
Voters in Nebraska approved a ballot measure to expand Medicaid, despite opposition from the state's Republican governor and legislators.The approval means an estimated 90,000 people, many of who...
Voting rights, marijuana and tampons: the night in ballot measures
State passes largest expansion of voting rights in decades as Massachusetts affirms transgender protections
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It’s not all about the red v blue. In dozens of states, voters cast ballots Tuesday on issues ranging from voting rights and climate change to gun control and taxing tech to fund homeless services. Four states will see voters weigh in on...
Beto O’Rourke loses Senate race, but reshapes Texas forever
EL PASO, TEXAS — Democrat Beto O’Rourke came close in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz but lost Tuesday by a narrow 3-point margin. Even so, O’Rourke’s race proved candidates in the Lone Star State can run on a serious progressive platform and draw a substantial following.
Beto fans were devastated by the loss, but took heart in what he and his supporters were able to do. Texas — one of the nation’s worst voter turnout states — was...
