Evening Must-Read: Dylan Scott: New Hampshire Advances Medicaid Expansion Under Obamacare

Dylan Scott: New Hampshire Advances Medicaid Expansion Under Obamacare: “The GOP-controlled New Hampshire Senate approved a privatized plan for expanding Medicaid under Obamacare….

The bill passed 18 to 5. Five of the 13 Republicans opposed the plan…. The proposal would use Medicaid dollars to help low-income residents purchase private health coverage, as Arkansas has done. The Democratic-controlled House is expected to approve the plan, and Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan has expressed her support. About 58,000 New Hampshirites are expected to gain coverage under the expansion.