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... this summer in two states where elected officials had been resistant, voters took matters into their own hands and decided to increase access to health insurance coverage for low-income residents by fully expanding their Medicaid programs at the ballot box. When the initiatives go into effect, an estimated 200,000 low-income parents and adults in Oklahoma and 230,000 in Missouri , will gain access to health insurance. To say these are anything less than incredible wins for our mission would be an understatement. Just as outstanding as both Oklahoma and Missouri expanding access to care through Medicaid in back-to-back elections is how this was accomplished: These mark the fifth and sixth states since 2017 to pass Medicaid ...