WEBVTT 00:00.367 --> 00:01.301 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: AS ELECTION DAY 00:01.301 --> 00:02.936 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEARS, MUCH ATTENTION HAS GONE 00:02.936 --> 00:04.704 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO HIGH-PROFILE SENATE AND 00:04.704 --> 00:05.939 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONGRESSIONAL RACES. 00:05.939 --> 00:07.107 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VOTERS 00:07.107 --> 00:08.608 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE ALSO WEIGHING IN ON BALLOT 00:08.608 --> 00:10.043 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEASURES THAT CAN BRING BIG 00:10.043 --> 00:11.745 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHANGES TO THEIR STATES. 00:11.745 --> 00:13.113 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AS NEWSHOUR REPORTED FROM 00:13.113 --> 00:14.881 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IDAHO LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE HOT- 00:14.881 --> 00:16.316 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUTTON ISSUES FOR VOTERS IS 00:16.316 --> 00:18.018 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HEALTH CARE, AND WHETHER OR NOT 00:18.018 --> 00:19.853 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO EXPAND MEDICAID, THE JOINT 00:19.853 --> 00:21.221 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEDERAL AND STATE HEALTHCARE 00:21.221 --> 00:22.255 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME 00:22.255 --> 00:23.256 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AMERICANS. 00:23.256 --> 00:24.758 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE STATE OF NEBRASKA IS ANOTHER 00:24.758 --> 00:26.459 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF JUST A FEW RED STATES WITH 00:26.459 --> 00:28.528 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEDICAID EXPANSION ON THE 00:28.528 --> 00:29.729 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BALLOT, AND SOON, VOTERS IN THE 00:29.729 --> 00:31.031 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CORNHUSKER STATE WILL SEE IF 00:31.031 --> 00:32.632 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY CAN DO WHAT THEIR ELECTED 00:32.632 --> 00:35.668 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO. 00:35.668 --> 00:37.504 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> HI, SPENCER, MY NAME IS MARY. 00:37.504 --> 00:38.938 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF INSURE 00:38.938 --> 00:39.839 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE GOOD LIFE. 00:39.839 --> 00:40.607 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: AT A MAKESHIFT 00:40.607 --> 00:42.442 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAMPAIGN OFFICE IN OMAHA, ABOUT 00:42.442 --> 00:43.777 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A DOZEN VOLUNTEERS ARE MAKING 00:43.777 --> 00:45.645 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CALLS IN SUPPORT OF INITIATIVE 00:45.645 --> 00:48.615 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 427, A BALLOT MEASURE TO EXPAND 00:48.615 --> 00:50.583 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEDICAID IN NEBRASKA. 00:50.583 --> 00:52.585 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE GROUP, INSURE THE GOOD LIFE, 00:52.585 --> 00:53.887 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS BEHIND THE EXPANSION EFFORT 00:53.887 --> 00:55.155 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT WOULD PROVIDE HEALTH 00:55.155 --> 00:57.090 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INSURANCE TO AN ESTIMATED 90,000 00:57.090 --> 00:59.259 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNINSURED NEBRASKANS-- THOSE WHO 00:59.259 --> 01:00.827 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAKE TOO LITTLE TO GET FEDERAL 01:00.827 --> 01:02.796 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUBSIDIES UNDER THE OBAMA-ERA 01:02.796 --> 01:05.265 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, OR A.C.A. 01:05.265 --> 01:06.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE 01:06.900 --> 01:08.501 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INITIATIVE AND WHAT IT CAN DO TO 01:08.501 --> 01:10.136 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HELP THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE 01:10.136 --> 01:12.705 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAUGHT IN THE COVERAGE GAP. 01:12.705 --> 01:13.473 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: ABOUT TEN MILES 01:13.473 --> 01:15.308 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AWAY, IT'S A SIMILAR SCENE, BUT 01:15.308 --> 01:17.177 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MESSAGE IS VERY DIFFERENT. 01:17.177 --> 01:18.311 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE 01:18.311 --> 01:19.412 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU TO VOTE "NO" ON BALLOT 01:19.412 --> 01:20.680 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INITIATIVE 427. 01:20.680 --> 01:21.414 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: THE NEBRASKA 01:21.414 --> 01:22.515 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHAPTER OF THE CONSERVATIVE 01:22.515 --> 01:24.017 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POLITICAL GROUP, AMERICANS FOR 01:24.017 --> 01:25.952 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROSPERITY, OR A.F.P., HAS 01:25.952 --> 01:27.187 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GATHERED ABOUT TWO DOZEN 01:27.187 --> 01:28.855 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VOLUNTEERS TO ENCOURAGE VOTERS 01:28.855 --> 01:31.024 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO REJECT THE BALLOT MEASURE. 01:31.024 --> 01:31.991 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> AND THEY'RE NOT TELLING THE 01:31.991 --> 01:33.593 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PUBLIC WHAT THE WHOLE COST OF IT 01:33.593 --> 01:35.061 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS, AT ALL. 01:35.061 --> 01:36.062 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: NEBRASKA IS ONE 01:36.062 --> 01:37.664 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF THREE RED STATES, ALONG WITH 01:37.664 --> 01:39.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IDAHO AND UTAH, WHERE BALLOT 01:39.766 --> 01:41.334 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEASURES ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO 01:41.334 --> 01:42.669 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE 01:42.669 --> 01:45.138 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOT: EXPAND MEDICAID UNDER THE 01:45.138 --> 01:46.606 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A.C.A. 01:46.606 --> 01:48.975 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN NEBRASKA, INITIATIVE 427 01:48.975 --> 01:51.077 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXPANDS MEDICAID TO COVER ADULTS 01:51.077 --> 01:54.047 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHO MAKE LESS THAN 138% OF THE 01:54.047 --> 01:55.615 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEDERAL POVERTY LINE, ABOUT 01:55.615 --> 01:58.218 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% $17,000 FOR A SINGLE PERSON, AND 01:58.218 --> 02:00.286 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT $35,000 FOR A FAMILY OF 02:00.286 --> 02:01.554 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOUR. 02:01.554 --> 02:02.722 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNDER THE HEALTHCARE LAW, THE 02:02.722 --> 02:04.023 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD COVER 02:04.023 --> 02:06.326 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 90% OF THE COST, BUT NEBRASKA 02:06.326 --> 02:07.527 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE 02:07.527 --> 02:09.629 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REMAINING 10%, ESTIMATED TO BE 02:09.629 --> 02:12.699 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT $125 MILLION IN THE FIRST 02:12.699 --> 02:13.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THREE YEARS. 02:13.800 --> 02:15.034 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WHEN YOU REALLY, TRULY START 02:15.034 --> 02:16.336 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, YOU 02:16.336 --> 02:17.370 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REALIZE THAT THERE'S NO WAY WE 02:17.370 --> 02:18.238 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN AFFORD IT. 02:18.238 --> 02:19.272 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: JESSICA SHELBURN 02:19.272 --> 02:21.207 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS THE STATE DIRECTOR FOR A.F.P. 02:21.207 --> 02:22.041 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEBRASKA. 02:22.041 --> 02:23.076 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MEDICAID WAS INTENDED FOR THE 02:23.076 --> 02:25.044 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY, 02:25.044 --> 02:27.313 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, THE ELDERLY, DISABLED, 02:27.313 --> 02:29.916 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOW-INCOME CHILDREN, LOW-INCOME 02:29.916 --> 02:31.284 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PREGNANT WOMEN. 02:31.284 --> 02:33.286 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BY EXPANDING MEDICAID, WE ARE 02:33.286 --> 02:34.754 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RISKING THE RESOURCES THAT WE 02:34.754 --> 02:36.322 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE 02:36.322 --> 02:37.957 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING 02:37.957 --> 02:39.826 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO HAVE TO COVER POTENTIALLY 02:39.826 --> 02:42.495 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 90,000 OR MORE ABLE-BODIED 02:42.495 --> 02:43.630 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WORKING ADULTS. 02:43.630 --> 02:44.330 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: SHELBURN 02:44.330 --> 02:45.665 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REPRESENTED THE VOTE NO POSITION 02:45.665 --> 02:47.934 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN A DEBATE THIS WEEK ORGANIZED 02:47.934 --> 02:49.169 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BY A BUSINESS GROUP IN THE 02:49.169 --> 02:50.737 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATE'S CAPITAL, LINCOLN. 02:50.737 --> 02:52.872 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AS IT 02:52.872 --> 02:54.340 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GROWS, AND WE SEE MORE 02:54.340 --> 02:55.909 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INDIVIDUALS ENROLLING ON 02:55.909 --> 02:57.577 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEDICAID EXPANSION, THE STATE 02:57.577 --> 02:58.978 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUST CAN'T AFFORD. 02:58.978 --> 03:00.079 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: HER OPPONENT WAS 03:00.079 --> 03:02.182 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATE SENATOR ADAM MORFELD, A 03:02.182 --> 03:03.583 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS PART OF 03:03.583 --> 03:04.017 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LINCOLN. 03:04.017 --> 03:04.851 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SO, I THINK THE BETTER 03:04.851 --> 03:06.452 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% QUESTION IS, IS HOW CAN WE 03:06.452 --> 03:07.754 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFFORD NOT TO DO THIS? 03:07.754 --> 03:08.521 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: MORFELD HAS 03:08.521 --> 03:09.923 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTRODUCED TWO BILLS TO EXPAND 03:09.923 --> 03:10.857 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEDICAID. 03:10.857 --> 03:12.125 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN SIX 03:12.125 --> 03:14.060 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM 03:14.060 --> 03:15.295 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN SIX YEARS. 03:15.295 --> 03:16.563 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALL OF THEM FAILED TO PASS THE 03:16.563 --> 03:18.498 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGISLATURE OR GET THE SUPPORT 03:18.498 --> 03:19.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF NEBRASKA'S REPUBLICAN 03:19.666 --> 03:20.567 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOVERNORS. 03:20.567 --> 03:21.868 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK THAT WHEN IT COMES TO 03:21.868 --> 03:23.469 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, OUR 03:23.469 --> 03:24.871 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONSTITUENTS AND NEBRASKANS WILL 03:24.871 --> 03:26.706 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BE EMINENTLY MORE REASONABLE 03:26.706 --> 03:28.341 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. 03:28.341 --> 03:29.475 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: MORFELD SAYS 03:29.475 --> 03:30.877 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXPANDING MEDICAID WOULD NOT 03:30.877 --> 03:32.745 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REQUIRE NEW TAXES. 03:32.745 --> 03:34.247 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AS EVIDENCE, HE POINTS TO A NEW 03:34.247 --> 03:35.882 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STUDY BY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA 03:35.882 --> 03:37.617 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RESEARCHERS FUNDED BY THE STATE 03:37.617 --> 03:39.085 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. 03:39.085 --> 03:40.954 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT FOUND MEDICAID EXPANSION 03:40.954 --> 03:43.323 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WOULD CREATE NEARLY 11,000 JOBS 03:43.323 --> 03:45.024 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND GENERATE ENOUGH STATE AND 03:45.024 --> 03:46.693 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOCAL TAX REVENUE TO PAY FOR 03:46.693 --> 03:47.961 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ITSELF. 03:47.961 --> 03:49.329 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CRITICS DISPUTE THAT WOULD BE 03:49.329 --> 03:50.263 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE CASE. 03:50.263 --> 03:51.898 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND EITHER WAY, IF NEBRASKA 03:51.898 --> 03:54.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VOTERS APPROVE INITIATIVE 427, 03:54.300 --> 03:55.868 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE LEGISLATURE WILL STILL NEED 03:55.868 --> 03:57.203 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE 03:57.203 --> 03:58.671 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATE'S SHARE OF THE COSTS. 03:58.671 --> 04:01.407 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT BRINGS IN $1.3 BILLION IN 04:01.407 --> 04:02.775 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TAXPAYER FUNDS OVER THE COURSE 04:02.775 --> 04:04.711 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF THREE YEARS, THAT NEBRASKANS 04:04.711 --> 04:05.845 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE ALREADY PAYING INTO THE 04:05.845 --> 04:06.980 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 04:06.980 --> 04:07.714 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT THAT'S GOING TO OTHER 04:07.714 --> 04:08.948 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATES. 04:08.948 --> 04:09.716 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: LIKE MANY 04:09.716 --> 04:11.317 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEBATES AROUND THE A.C.A., THE 04:11.317 --> 04:12.952 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INITIATIVE TO EXPAND MEDICAID 04:12.952 --> 04:14.921 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STIRS UP STRONG FEELINGS. 04:14.921 --> 04:17.490 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YOU'RE TAKING IT AWAY FROM 04:17.490 --> 04:19.959 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MOST NEEDY PEOPLE, TO GIVE 04:19.959 --> 04:23.429 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT TO PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GET A 04:23.429 --> 04:24.897 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DAMN JOB AND WORK. 04:24.897 --> 04:25.598 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: MEMBERS OF THE 04:25.598 --> 04:26.899 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PUBLIC TESTIFIED ABOUT THE 04:26.899 --> 04:28.034 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BALLOT MEASURE AT A STATE 04:28.034 --> 04:29.969 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HEARING THIS WEEK IN LINCOLN. 04:29.969 --> 04:31.537 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I AM A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT 04:31.537 --> 04:33.172 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOT HAVING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE 04:33.172 --> 04:34.007 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN LEAD TO. 04:34.007 --> 04:34.841 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: AMANDA GERSHON 04:34.841 --> 04:36.075 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR 04:36.075 --> 04:37.577 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE, 04:37.577 --> 04:38.978 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INCLUDING WHEN A CHRONIC IMMUNE 04:38.978 --> 04:41.347 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DISORDER FLARED UP IN 2013. 04:41.347 --> 04:42.782 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I HAD BEEN A GENERAL MANAGER 04:42.782 --> 04:44.217 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF A RESTAURANT, PUTTING IN A 04:44.217 --> 04:45.518 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOT OF HOURS, AND STARTED 04:45.518 --> 04:47.086 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GETTING INCREDIBLY SICK. 04:47.086 --> 04:48.021 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: GERSHON SAYS SHE 04:48.021 --> 04:49.455 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PAID CASH TO SEE HER DOCTOR WHEN 04:49.455 --> 04:50.890 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE COULD, AND WENT TO FREE 04:50.890 --> 04:52.558 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CLINICS, BUT GETTING TREATMENT 04:52.558 --> 04:53.960 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR HER CHRONIC ILLNESS WITHOUT 04:53.960 --> 04:55.828 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INSURANCE WAS DIFFICULT. 04:55.828 --> 04:58.965 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> BETWEEN 2013 AND THE 04:58.965 --> 05:00.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEGINNING-- UP TO THE BEGINNING 05:00.266 --> 05:02.635 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF 2016, I JUST GOT SICKER AND 05:02.635 --> 05:05.238 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SICKER, AND HONESTLY, NO ONE 05:05.238 --> 05:06.039 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT 05:06.039 --> 05:08.141 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AT THAT POINT. 05:08.141 --> 05:10.410 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I DID APPLY FOR DISABILITY, AND 05:10.410 --> 05:12.578 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAS BLESSED TO GET THAT. 05:12.578 --> 05:13.846 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I COULD 05:13.846 --> 05:14.647 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE GOTTEN HEALTHCARE AT THAT 05:14.647 --> 05:15.448 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POINT. 05:15.448 --> 05:16.215 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: WHEN SHE BECAME 05:16.215 --> 05:17.483 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNABLE TO WORK AND RECEIVED 05:17.483 --> 05:19.085 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEDERAL DISABILITY BENEFITS, 05:19.085 --> 05:20.553 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GERSHON QUALIFIED FOR MEDICAID 05:20.553 --> 05:21.788 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN NEBRASKA. 05:21.788 --> 05:23.156 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY AND GOT 05:23.156 --> 05:24.357 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEDICATION TO MANAGE HER 05:24.357 --> 05:25.191 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ILLNESS. 05:25.191 --> 05:26.893 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT, THE 36-YEAR OLD SAYS SHE 05:26.893 --> 05:28.161 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WISHES SHE COULD STILL BE 05:28.161 --> 05:29.228 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WORKING. 05:29.228 --> 05:30.229 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I REALLY BELIEVE IF I COULD 05:30.229 --> 05:32.799 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE GOTTEN HEALTH CARE IN 2014, 05:32.799 --> 05:34.067 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NEVER 05:34.067 --> 05:37.203 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ENDED UP ON DISABILITY. 05:37.203 --> 05:37.904 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: DR. KRISTINE 05:37.904 --> 05:39.072 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% McVEA IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL 05:39.072 --> 05:40.740 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OFFICER FOR OneWorld COMMUNITY 05:40.740 --> 05:42.308 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HEALTH CENTERS IN OMAHA. 05:42.308 --> 05:43.810 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT SEES MORE THAN 40,000 05:43.810 --> 05:45.011 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PATIENTS A YEAR. 05:45.011 --> 05:46.145 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE 05:46.145 --> 05:47.313 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNINSURED. 05:47.313 --> 05:48.948 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% McVEA SAYS CLINICS LIKE HERS 05:48.948 --> 05:50.416 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE FEWER RESOURCES THAN THOSE 05:50.416 --> 05:52.318 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE 33 STATES AND WASHINGTON 05:52.318 --> 05:54.620 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% D.C. WHERE MEDICAID HAS 05:54.620 --> 05:56.189 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXPANDED, INCLUDING NEIGHBORING 05:56.189 --> 05:57.156 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IOWA. 05:57.156 --> 05:58.091 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I FEEL LIKE NEBRASKA IS 05:58.091 --> 06:01.060 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REALLY FALLING BEHIND. 06:01.060 --> 06:02.995 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOOKING AT IOWA JUST ACROSS THE 06:02.995 --> 06:05.231 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RIVER FROM US, THEY HAVE THE 06:05.231 --> 06:08.101 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO 06:08.101 --> 06:10.002 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PATIENTS WHO FALL INTO THIS GAP 06:10.002 --> 06:12.772 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN A MUCH BETTER WAY THAN WE DO. 06:12.772 --> 06:13.573 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: ADVOCATES FOR 06:13.573 --> 06:15.341 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INITIATIVE 427 ALSO SAY 06:15.341 --> 06:16.843 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXPANDING MEDICAID WILL MEAN 06:16.843 --> 06:18.478 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MORE FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS 06:18.478 --> 06:19.946 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO SUPPORT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS 06:19.946 --> 06:21.914 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN NEBRASKA, INCLUDING HOSPITALS 06:21.914 --> 06:23.416 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND COMMUNITY CLINICS LIKE 06:23.416 --> 06:24.484 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OneWorld. 06:24.484 --> 06:26.386 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> AT BEST, IT IS A BAND-AID TO 06:26.386 --> 06:27.320 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FIX THE PROBLEM. 06:27.320 --> 06:29.389 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEDICAID WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE 06:29.389 --> 06:32.058 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A PROGRAM THAT WOULD HELP SHORE 06:32.058 --> 06:34.660 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UP OUR HOSPITALS, WHETHER IT BE 06:34.660 --> 06:36.028 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN RURAL OR URBAN AREAS. 06:36.028 --> 06:37.163 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE GREAT THING ABOUT LAWS IS 06:37.163 --> 06:39.332 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY CHANGE TO ADDRESS CHANGING 06:39.332 --> 06:40.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CIRCUMSTANCES. 06:40.500 --> 06:41.267 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 06:41.267 --> 06:43.302 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEBRASKANS THAT ARE SUFFERING, 06:43.302 --> 06:45.004 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND IN MANY CASES DYING, BECAUSE 06:45.004 --> 06:46.939 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY LACK AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE. 06:46.939 --> 06:47.774 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: IF NEBRASKA 06:47.774 --> 06:50.243 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VOTERS APPROVE INITIATIVE 427, 06:50.243 --> 06:51.511 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEDICAID COULD BE FULLY 06:51.511 --> 06:53.146 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IMPLEMENTED IN THE STATE BY THE 06:53.146 --> 06:53.613 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEGINNING OF 2020.