01-06-2018 05:37 via sltrib.com

Commentary: Virginia will finally expand Medicaid — and Utah may be next

Huge news out of Virginia Wednesday: The State Senate approved expanding Medicaid to cover 400,000 low income residents, putting an end to years of Republican intransigence and opposition. As health care advocate Topher Spiro put it, “This is a major victory that will transform the lives of thousands of families.”The vote Wednesday is a tribute to the power of voting and the resistance to President Donald Trump, which flipped 15 seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates from Repub
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