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Medicaid Expansion by Ballot

Voters expanded Medicaid where legislatures wouldn't.

Health AccessBallot MeasureLiberty checkEvidence favors the policy

B · 20/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Expand coverage to the working poor.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics cite long-run state cost.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

MO Amendment 2 (53.3%), OK SQ802 (50.5%), Idaho (2018); ~300k enrolled in MO; mortality literature supportive.

4 · Liberty check

Expands access via direct democracy.

5 · The real tradeoff

Evidence favors expansion.

Allies & Playbook

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No individual sponsor record is catalogued for this policy yet. Start with the primary sources below and the Allies directory.

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