(Bloomberg View)–We had more significant hints last week that the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare (aka the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) will eventually be universal.

First, Democrat John Bel Edwards appears to be the solid favorite to defeat Republican David Vitter in a special election for governor of Louisiana on Nov. 21.

Edwards favors the Medicaid expansion.

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