Medicaid Expansion Notches Another Win In Louisiana Governor’s Race

Advocates for Medicaid expansion are claiming another electoral victory after Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) narrowly won re-election on Saturday (Nov. 16). During Edwards’ first term, Louisiana became the only state in the Deep South to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and Medicaid policy became a central issue in the 2019 gubernatorial race. Edwards pledged to protect the state’s expansion, while his Republican challenger in the run-off election, businessman Eddie Rispone, criticized Edwards’ implementation of expansion and...