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Medicaid Expansion Makes Nebraska Ballot

Medicaid Expansion Makes Nebraska Ballot

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The Nebraska Secretary of State has announced that Medicaid expansion may be on the November ballot after confirming a petition effort successfully gathered the required signatures.
Campaign Manager Meg Mandy with the Insure the Good-Life Campaign says she’s glad the petition effort was successful, but there’s still work to do…

Mandy says she’s optimistic the expansion effort will succeed, despite a lawsuit that seeks to keep it off the ballot…

Mandy says the lawsuit is an example of politicians playing with people’s lives. She adds if the measure is successful, 90-Thousand low income Nebraskans would gain access to healthcare.

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