Vox Summarizes Recent Missouri and Oklahoma Votes to Expand Medicaid

Medicaid expansion is still undefeated when it has been placed on the ballot for statewide votes, even in very conservative states.* Missouri, two nights ago, and Oklahoma, on June 30, became the most recent states to expand Medicaid. The margin in Oklahoma was only 1 percent, whereas in Missouri it was 6 percent. Vox examines the two results in light of how crisis situations such as the current COVID-19 outbreak and the 2008-2009 Great Recession can dramatically affect public opinion.

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*A Montana initiative that revolved around a tobacco tax to fund the state's portion of Medicaid expansion failed in 2018. Whether this result should be included with straight up-or-down votes on the question of whether or not to expand can be debated.