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Blue states buck Trump to expand health coverage
BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL - 01/13/19 07:30 AM EST
Democratic governors are experimenting with new ways to expand health care, testing out progressive ideas that could go national if their party wins the Senate or White House in 2020.
The policies run counter to the Trump administration's ideas and are only now possible after a Democratic wave in the House helped secure the future of ObamaCare.
Prominent Democratic governors in California and Washington this week rolled out plans to extend government-run health coverage to more people.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) is proposing a “public option” — a government-run plan that will compete with private insurers. In California, newly elected Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), is asking the Trump administration to allow the state to create a single-payer system.
On Capitol Hill, progressive lawmakers are pushing for a form of single-payer legislation in the House, but those ideas won’t even be considered by Republicans who still control the Senate.
That means for now, the state-level is likely the only arena for Democrats to test progressive health ideas for expanding coverage.
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/425013-blue-states-buck-trump-to-expand-health-coverage
