Oklahoma GOP wants voters to undo Medicaid expansion that voters already approved
Oklahoma’s Republican leaders want voters to delete Medicaid expansion from the state constitution this summer—and they have a second ballot measure ready if they don’t.
The state’s GOP-dominated House approved a referendum last month for the Aug. 25 ballot to repeal an amendment expanding Medicaid that voters narrowly passed in 2020.
It would also reenact the amendment as a statute, but lawmakers could freely alter or repeal that reconstituted law. That’s precisely why supporters of Medicaid expansion pursued a constitutional change in the first place, since they feared Republicans would seek to roll back a statutory initiative.
The plan is currently being considered by the state Senate, where Republicans also hold a supermajority.
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