1 00:00:00,367 --> 00:00:01,301 >> Sreenivasan: AS ELECTION DAY 2 00:00:01,301 --> 00:00:02,936 NEARS, MUCH ATTENTION HAS GONE 3 00:00:02,936 --> 00:00:04,704 TO HIGH-PROFILE SENATE AND 4 00:00:04,704 --> 00:00:05,939 CONGRESSIONAL RACES. 5 00:00:05,939 --> 00:00:07,107 BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VOTERS 6 00:00:07,107 --> 00:00:08,608 ARE ALSO WEIGHING IN ON BALLOT 7 00:00:08,608 --> 00:00:10,043 MEASURES THAT CAN BRING BIG 8 00:00:10,043 --> 00:00:11,745 CHANGES TO THEIR STATES. 9 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:13,113 AS NEWSHOUR REPORTED FROM 10 00:00:13,113 --> 00:00:14,881 IDAHO LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE HOT- 11 00:00:14,881 --> 00:00:16,316 BUTTON ISSUES FOR VOTERS IS 12 00:00:16,316 --> 00:00:18,018 HEALTH CARE, AND WHETHER OR NOT 13 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,853 TO EXPAND MEDICAID, THE JOINT 14 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,221 FEDERAL AND STATE HEALTHCARE 15 00:00:21,221 --> 00:00:22,255 PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME 16 00:00:22,255 --> 00:00:23,256 AMERICANS. 17 00:00:23,256 --> 00:00:24,758 THE STATE OF NEBRASKA IS ANOTHER 18 00:00:24,758 --> 00:00:26,459 OF JUST A FEW RED STATES WITH 19 00:00:26,459 --> 00:00:28,528 MEDICAID EXPANSION ON THE 20 00:00:28,528 --> 00:00:29,729 BALLOT, AND SOON, VOTERS IN THE 21 00:00:29,729 --> 00:00:31,031 CORNHUSKER STATE WILL SEE IF 22 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:32,632 THEY CAN DO WHAT THEIR ELECTED 23 00:00:32,632 --> 00:00:35,668 OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO. 24 00:00:35,668 --> 00:00:37,504 >> HI, SPENCER, MY NAME IS MARY. 25 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:38,938 I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF INSURE 26 00:00:38,938 --> 00:00:39,839 THE GOOD LIFE. 27 00:00:39,839 --> 00:00:40,607 >> Sreenivasan: AT A MAKESHIFT 28 00:00:40,607 --> 00:00:42,442 CAMPAIGN OFFICE IN OMAHA, ABOUT 29 00:00:42,442 --> 00:00:43,777 A DOZEN VOLUNTEERS ARE MAKING 30 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:45,645 CALLS IN SUPPORT OF INITIATIVE 31 00:00:45,645 --> 00:00:48,615 427, A BALLOT MEASURE TO EXPAND 32 00:00:48,615 --> 00:00:50,583 MEDICAID IN NEBRASKA. 33 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:52,585 THE GROUP, INSURE THE GOOD LIFE, 34 00:00:52,585 --> 00:00:53,887 IS BEHIND THE EXPANSION EFFORT 35 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,155 THAT WOULD PROVIDE HEALTH 36 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:57,090 INSURANCE TO AN ESTIMATED 90,000 37 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:59,259 UNINSURED NEBRASKANS-- THOSE WHO 38 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:00,827 MAKE TOO LITTLE TO GET FEDERAL 39 00:01:00,827 --> 00:01:02,796 SUBSIDIES UNDER THE OBAMA-ERA 40 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:05,265 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, OR A.C.A. 41 00:01:05,265 --> 00:01:06,900 >> WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE 42 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,501 INITIATIVE AND WHAT IT CAN DO TO 43 00:01:08,501 --> 00:01:10,136 HELP THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE 44 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:12,705 CAUGHT IN THE COVERAGE GAP. 45 00:01:12,705 --> 00:01:13,473 >> Sreenivasan: ABOUT TEN MILES 46 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:15,308 AWAY, IT'S A SIMILAR SCENE, BUT 47 00:01:15,308 --> 00:01:17,177 THE MESSAGE IS VERY DIFFERENT. 48 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:18,311 >> WE WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE 49 00:01:18,311 --> 00:01:19,412 YOU TO VOTE "NO" ON BALLOT 50 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:20,680 INITIATIVE 427. 51 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,414 >> Sreenivasan: THE NEBRASKA 52 00:01:21,414 --> 00:01:22,515 CHAPTER OF THE CONSERVATIVE 53 00:01:22,515 --> 00:01:24,017 POLITICAL GROUP, AMERICANS FOR 54 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:25,952 PROSPERITY, OR A.F.P., HAS 55 00:01:25,952 --> 00:01:27,187 GATHERED ABOUT TWO DOZEN 56 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:28,855 VOLUNTEERS TO ENCOURAGE VOTERS 57 00:01:28,855 --> 00:01:31,024 TO REJECT THE BALLOT MEASURE. 58 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:31,991 >> AND THEY'RE NOT TELLING THE 59 00:01:31,991 --> 00:01:33,593 PUBLIC WHAT THE WHOLE COST OF IT 60 00:01:33,593 --> 00:01:35,061 IS, AT ALL. 61 00:01:35,061 --> 00:01:36,062 >> Sreenivasan: NEBRASKA IS ONE 62 00:01:36,062 --> 00:01:37,664 OF THREE RED STATES, ALONG WITH 63 00:01:37,664 --> 00:01:39,766 IDAHO AND UTAH, WHERE BALLOT 64 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:41,334 MEASURES ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO 65 00:01:41,334 --> 00:01:42,669 WHAT REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE 66 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:45,138 NOT: EXPAND MEDICAID UNDER THE 67 00:01:45,138 --> 00:01:46,606 A.C.A. 68 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:48,975 IN NEBRASKA, INITIATIVE 427 69 00:01:48,975 --> 00:01:51,077 EXPANDS MEDICAID TO COVER ADULTS 70 00:01:51,077 --> 00:01:54,047 WHO MAKE LESS THAN 138% OF THE 71 00:01:54,047 --> 00:01:55,615 FEDERAL POVERTY LINE, ABOUT 72 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:58,218 $17,000 FOR A SINGLE PERSON, AND 73 00:01:58,218 --> 00:02:00,286 ABOUT $35,000 FOR A FAMILY OF 74 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:01,554 FOUR. 75 00:02:01,554 --> 00:02:02,722 UNDER THE HEALTHCARE LAW, THE 76 00:02:02,722 --> 00:02:04,023 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD COVER 77 00:02:04,023 --> 00:02:06,326 90% OF THE COST, BUT NEBRASKA 78 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:07,527 WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE 79 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:09,629 REMAINING 10%, ESTIMATED TO BE 80 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:12,699 ABOUT $125 MILLION IN THE FIRST 81 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:13,800 THREE YEARS. 82 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,034 >> WHEN YOU REALLY, TRULY START 83 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:16,336 TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, YOU 84 00:02:16,336 --> 00:02:17,370 REALIZE THAT THERE'S NO WAY WE 85 00:02:17,370 --> 00:02:18,238 CAN AFFORD IT. 86 00:02:18,238 --> 00:02:19,272 >> Sreenivasan: JESSICA SHELBURN 87 00:02:19,272 --> 00:02:21,207 IS THE STATE DIRECTOR FOR A.F.P. 88 00:02:21,207 --> 00:02:22,041 NEBRASKA. 89 00:02:22,041 --> 00:02:23,076 >> MEDICAID WAS INTENDED FOR THE 90 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:25,044 MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY, 91 00:02:25,044 --> 00:02:27,313 SO, THE ELDERLY, DISABLED, 92 00:02:27,313 --> 00:02:29,916 LOW-INCOME CHILDREN, LOW-INCOME 93 00:02:29,916 --> 00:02:31,284 PREGNANT WOMEN. 94 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:33,286 BY EXPANDING MEDICAID, WE ARE 95 00:02:33,286 --> 00:02:34,754 RISKING THE RESOURCES THAT WE 96 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:36,322 HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE 97 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:37,957 INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING 98 00:02:37,957 --> 00:02:39,826 TO HAVE TO COVER POTENTIALLY 99 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:42,495 90,000 OR MORE ABLE-BODIED 100 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:43,630 WORKING ADULTS. 101 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:44,330 >> Sreenivasan: SHELBURN 102 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:45,665 REPRESENTED THE VOTE NO POSITION 103 00:02:45,665 --> 00:02:47,934 IN A DEBATE THIS WEEK ORGANIZED 104 00:02:47,934 --> 00:02:49,169 BY A BUSINESS GROUP IN THE 105 00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:50,737 STATE'S CAPITAL, LINCOLN. 106 00:02:50,737 --> 00:02:52,872 >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AS IT 107 00:02:52,872 --> 00:02:54,340 GROWS, AND WE SEE MORE 108 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:55,909 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLING ON 109 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:57,577 MEDICAID EXPANSION, THE STATE 110 00:02:57,577 --> 00:02:58,978 JUST CAN'T AFFORD. 111 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:00,079 >> Sreenivasan: HER OPPONENT WAS 112 00:03:00,079 --> 00:03:02,182 STATE SENATOR ADAM MORFELD, A 113 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:03,583 DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS PART OF 114 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:04,017 LINCOLN. 115 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:04,851 >> SO, I THINK THE BETTER 116 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:06,452 QUESTION IS, IS HOW CAN WE 117 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:07,754 AFFORD NOT TO DO THIS? 118 00:03:07,754 --> 00:03:08,521 >> Sreenivasan: MORFELD HAS 119 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:09,923 INTRODUCED TWO BILLS TO EXPAND 120 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:10,857 MEDICAID. 121 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:12,125 IN FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN SIX 122 00:03:12,125 --> 00:03:14,060 ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM 123 00:03:14,060 --> 00:03:15,295 IN SIX YEARS. 124 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:16,563 ALL OF THEM FAILED TO PASS THE 125 00:03:16,563 --> 00:03:18,498 LEGISLATURE OR GET THE SUPPORT 126 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:19,666 OF NEBRASKA'S REPUBLICAN 127 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:20,567 GOVERNORS. 128 00:03:20,567 --> 00:03:21,868 >> I THINK THAT WHEN IT COMES TO 129 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:23,469 AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, OUR 130 00:03:23,469 --> 00:03:24,871 CONSTITUENTS AND NEBRASKANS WILL 131 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:26,706 BE EMINENTLY MORE REASONABLE 132 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:28,341 THAN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. 133 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:29,475 >> Sreenivasan: MORFELD SAYS 134 00:03:29,475 --> 00:03:30,877 EXPANDING MEDICAID WOULD NOT 135 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,745 REQUIRE NEW TAXES. 136 00:03:32,745 --> 00:03:34,247 AS EVIDENCE, HE POINTS TO A NEW 137 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:35,882 STUDY BY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA 138 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:37,617 RESEARCHERS FUNDED BY THE STATE 139 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:39,085 HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. 140 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:40,954 IT FOUND MEDICAID EXPANSION 141 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:43,323 WOULD CREATE NEARLY 11,000 JOBS 142 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:45,024 AND GENERATE ENOUGH STATE AND 143 00:03:45,024 --> 00:03:46,693 LOCAL TAX REVENUE TO PAY FOR 144 00:03:46,693 --> 00:03:47,961 ITSELF. 145 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:49,329 CRITICS DISPUTE THAT WOULD BE 146 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:50,263 THE CASE. 147 00:03:50,263 --> 00:03:51,898 AND EITHER WAY, IF NEBRASKA 148 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:54,300 VOTERS APPROVE INITIATIVE 427, 149 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:55,868 THE LEGISLATURE WILL STILL NEED 150 00:03:55,868 --> 00:03:57,203 TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE 151 00:03:57,203 --> 00:03:58,671 STATE'S SHARE OF THE COSTS. 152 00:03:58,671 --> 00:04:01,407 >> IT BRINGS IN $1.3 BILLION IN 153 00:04:01,407 --> 00:04:02,775 TAXPAYER FUNDS OVER THE COURSE 154 00:04:02,775 --> 00:04:04,711 OF THREE YEARS, THAT NEBRASKANS 155 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:05,845 ARE ALREADY PAYING INTO THE 156 00:04:05,845 --> 00:04:06,980 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 157 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:07,714 BUT THAT'S GOING TO OTHER 158 00:04:07,714 --> 00:04:08,948 STATES. 159 00:04:08,948 --> 00:04:09,716 >> Sreenivasan: LIKE MANY 160 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:11,317 DEBATES AROUND THE A.C.A., THE 161 00:04:11,317 --> 00:04:12,952 INITIATIVE TO EXPAND MEDICAID 162 00:04:12,952 --> 00:04:14,921 STIRS UP STRONG FEELINGS. 163 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:17,490 >> YOU'RE TAKING IT AWAY FROM 164 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:19,959 THE MOST NEEDY PEOPLE, TO GIVE 165 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:23,429 IT TO PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GET A 166 00:04:23,429 --> 00:04:24,897 DAMN JOB AND WORK. 167 00:04:24,897 --> 00:04:25,598 >> Sreenivasan: MEMBERS OF THE 168 00:04:25,598 --> 00:04:26,899 PUBLIC TESTIFIED ABOUT THE 169 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:28,034 BALLOT MEASURE AT A STATE 170 00:04:28,034 --> 00:04:29,969 HEARING THIS WEEK IN LINCOLN. 171 00:04:29,969 --> 00:04:31,537 >> I AM A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT 172 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:33,172 NOT HAVING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE 173 00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:34,007 CAN LEAD TO. 174 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:34,841 >> Sreenivasan: AMANDA GERSHON 175 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:36,075 DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR 176 00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:37,577 MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE, 177 00:04:37,577 --> 00:04:38,978 INCLUDING WHEN A CHRONIC IMMUNE 178 00:04:38,978 --> 00:04:41,347 DISORDER FLARED UP IN 2013. 179 00:04:41,347 --> 00:04:42,782 >> I HAD BEEN A GENERAL MANAGER 180 00:04:42,782 --> 00:04:44,217 OF A RESTAURANT, PUTTING IN A 181 00:04:44,217 --> 00:04:45,518 LOT OF HOURS, AND STARTED 182 00:04:45,518 --> 00:04:47,086 GETTING INCREDIBLY SICK. 183 00:04:47,086 --> 00:04:48,021 >> Sreenivasan: GERSHON SAYS SHE 184 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:49,455 PAID CASH TO SEE HER DOCTOR WHEN 185 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:50,890 SHE COULD, AND WENT TO FREE 186 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,558 CLINICS, BUT GETTING TREATMENT 187 00:04:52,558 --> 00:04:53,960 FOR HER CHRONIC ILLNESS WITHOUT 188 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,828 INSURANCE WAS DIFFICULT. 189 00:04:55,828 --> 00:04:58,965 >> BETWEEN 2013 AND THE 190 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:00,266 BEGINNING-- UP TO THE BEGINNING 191 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:02,635 OF 2016, I JUST GOT SICKER AND 192 00:05:02,635 --> 00:05:05,238 SICKER, AND HONESTLY, NO ONE 193 00:05:05,238 --> 00:05:06,039 THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT 194 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:08,141 AT THAT POINT. 195 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:10,410 I DID APPLY FOR DISABILITY, AND 196 00:05:10,410 --> 00:05:12,578 WAS BLESSED TO GET THAT. 197 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:13,846 BUT, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I COULD 198 00:05:13,846 --> 00:05:14,647 HAVE GOTTEN HEALTHCARE AT THAT 199 00:05:14,647 --> 00:05:15,448 POINT. 200 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:16,215 >> Sreenivasan: WHEN SHE BECAME 201 00:05:16,215 --> 00:05:17,483 UNABLE TO WORK AND RECEIVED 202 00:05:17,483 --> 00:05:19,085 FEDERAL DISABILITY BENEFITS, 203 00:05:19,085 --> 00:05:20,553 GERSHON QUALIFIED FOR MEDICAID 204 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:21,788 IN NEBRASKA. 205 00:05:21,788 --> 00:05:23,156 SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY AND GOT 206 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:24,357 MEDICATION TO MANAGE HER 207 00:05:24,357 --> 00:05:25,191 ILLNESS. 208 00:05:25,191 --> 00:05:26,893 BUT, THE 36-YEAR OLD SAYS SHE 209 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:28,161 WISHES SHE COULD STILL BE 210 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:29,228 WORKING. 211 00:05:29,228 --> 00:05:30,229 >> I REALLY BELIEVE IF I COULD 212 00:05:30,229 --> 00:05:32,799 HAVE GOTTEN HEALTH CARE IN 2014, 213 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:34,067 I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NEVER 214 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:37,203 ENDED UP ON DISABILITY. 215 00:05:37,203 --> 00:05:37,904 >> Sreenivasan: DR. KRISTINE 216 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:39,072 McVEA IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL 217 00:05:39,072 --> 00:05:40,740 OFFICER FOR OneWorld COMMUNITY 218 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:42,308 HEALTH CENTERS IN OMAHA. 219 00:05:42,308 --> 00:05:43,810 IT SEES MORE THAN 40,000 220 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:45,011 PATIENTS A YEAR. 221 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:46,145 ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE 222 00:05:46,145 --> 00:05:47,313 UNINSURED. 223 00:05:47,313 --> 00:05:48,948 McVEA SAYS CLINICS LIKE HERS 224 00:05:48,948 --> 00:05:50,416 HAVE FEWER RESOURCES THAN THOSE 225 00:05:50,416 --> 00:05:52,318 IN THE 33 STATES AND WASHINGTON 226 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:54,620 D.C. WHERE MEDICAID HAS 227 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:56,189 EXPANDED, INCLUDING NEIGHBORING 228 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:57,156 IOWA. 229 00:05:57,156 --> 00:05:58,091 >> I FEEL LIKE NEBRASKA IS 230 00:05:58,091 --> 00:06:01,060 REALLY FALLING BEHIND. 231 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:02,995 LOOKING AT IOWA JUST ACROSS THE 232 00:06:02,995 --> 00:06:05,231 RIVER FROM US, THEY HAVE THE 233 00:06:05,231 --> 00:06:08,101 ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO 234 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:10,002 PATIENTS WHO FALL INTO THIS GAP 235 00:06:10,002 --> 00:06:12,772 IN A MUCH BETTER WAY THAN WE DO. 236 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:13,573 >> Sreenivasan: ADVOCATES FOR 237 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:15,341 INITIATIVE 427 ALSO SAY 238 00:06:15,341 --> 00:06:16,843 EXPANDING MEDICAID WILL MEAN 239 00:06:16,843 --> 00:06:18,478 MORE FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS 240 00:06:18,478 --> 00:06:19,946 TO SUPPORT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS 241 00:06:19,946 --> 00:06:21,914 IN NEBRASKA, INCLUDING HOSPITALS 242 00:06:21,914 --> 00:06:23,416 AND COMMUNITY CLINICS LIKE 243 00:06:23,416 --> 00:06:24,484 OneWorld. 244 00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:26,386 >> AT BEST, IT IS A BAND-AID TO 245 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:27,320 FIX THE PROBLEM. 246 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,389 MEDICAID WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE 247 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:32,058 A PROGRAM THAT WOULD HELP SHORE 248 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:34,660 UP OUR HOSPITALS, WHETHER IT BE 249 00:06:34,660 --> 00:06:36,028 IN RURAL OR URBAN AREAS. 250 00:06:36,028 --> 00:06:37,163 >> THE GREAT THING ABOUT LAWS IS 251 00:06:37,163 --> 00:06:39,332 THEY CHANGE TO ADDRESS CHANGING 252 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:40,500 CIRCUMSTANCES. 253 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:41,267 AND CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 254 00:06:41,267 --> 00:06:43,302 NEBRASKANS THAT ARE SUFFERING, 255 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:45,004 AND IN MANY CASES DYING, BECAUSE 256 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:46,939 THEY LACK AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE. 257 00:06:46,939 --> 00:06:47,774 >> Sreenivasan: IF NEBRASKA 258 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:50,243 VOTERS APPROVE INITIATIVE 427, 259 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,511 MEDICAID COULD BE FULLY 260 00:06:51,511 --> 00:06:53,146 IMPLEMENTED IN THE STATE BY THE 261 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:53,613 BEGINNING OF 2020.