Six States Could See Renewed Medicaid Expansion Fights If Dems Win Governors' Races

The outcome of six close gubernatorial races on Tuesday (Nov. 4) -- in Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maine and Wisconsin, which currently have Republican governors -- could determine whether those states look to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in 2015. The hitch is that even if Democrats or Independents amenable to Medicaid expansion win the governors' mansions, in five of the six states they face GOP-dominated legislatures hostile to expansion. An analysis put out by consulting firm Avalere...