Midterm elections: Health care wins

During the Obama administration, there were states that refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) out of spite against President Obama on the part of the governors in those states, and the GOP‐dominated Congress spent years vowing to repeal it. Last week, the midterm elections, regardless of the number of Democrat and Republican seats gained and lost, showed that health care was the big winner, with voters in three states where President Trump won — Idaho, Nebraska and Utah — voting overwhelmingly to bring Medicaid expansion to them. New governors in Kansas, Wisconsin and Maine will likely bring Medicaid expansion to those states as well.