(AP ... [+] Photo/Gerald Herbert) ASSOCIATED PRESSDemocrat John Bel Edwards won the race for Louisiana governor, beating back a Republican challenger who said he wanted to freeze enrollment in Medicaid health coverage. Supporters of Medicaid expansion worried the Republican Rispone would roll back health insurance gains in the state. Louisiana is one of 36 states that have expanded Medicaid thanks to generous federal funding under the Affordable Care Act. From 2014 through 2016, the ACA’s Medicaid expansion population was funded 100% with federal dollars. The remaining non-expansion states have been led by Republican governors or state legislatures that have balked at increasing Medicaid coverage.

Source: Forbes November 17, 2019 04:09 UTC