Coming into 2014, Virginia was one of the more promising states for Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion to take hold. A newly elected Democratic governor had made it a central issue of his campaign. Some GOP lawmakers had shown a willingness to play ball. Public polls showed even Republicans supported expanding the program to cover more than 250,000 low-income residents.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=215410