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Rural voters already have mostly government-run healthcare and broadly support medicare and medicaid. They just don't vote like they want to keep it.
by sfkdjf9j3j 7y ago
Rural voters already have mostly government-run healthcare and broadly support medicare and medicaid. They just don't vote like they want to keep it.
- fucking_tragedy 7y agoThat depends on the state they're in. If they're in a state that didn't expand Medicaid with the ACA, like the states in orange on this map[1], then no, they do not have access to government-run healthcare unless they are retired or disabled. [1] https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/status-of-state-action-on-the-medicaid-expansionc2a0decision.png https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/status-of-sta...
- javagram 7y agoRural areas supported Trump who promised not to reform Medicare/Medicaid and was perceived by voters as a more moderate alternative to the rest of the GOP primary field (who did have plans to cut entitlements).