Voters
reject tapping of TSET for Medicaid expansion
Stillwater News Press
Voters decided
Tuesday that they don’t want lawmakers to pay for Medicaid expansion by tapping
the state’s constitutionally protected tobacco settlement funds. Nearly 60%
voted against the ballot measure. The resounding rejection of State Question
814 dealt a blow to legislators. Lawmakers had proposed reducing the amount of
the annual payment that flows into the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust
(TSET) by 50% to offset some of the expense of the upcoming Medicaid expansion
approved by voters earlier this year.
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