State Policy
States Back Liberal Measures on Abortion, Medicaid; Restrict Trans Youth Care
Voters in the 2026 midterm elections decided state ballot measures covering abortion rights, marijuana laws, science funding bonds, Medicaid, and transgender youth care. Measures on abortion, marijuana, science funding, and Medicaid largely reflected a more liberal national sentiment, according to the source. Multiple states, however, voted to implement or enhance restrictions on transgender youth care.
Why it mattersState Medicaid agencies and health plans operating across multiple states may need to track how these diverging ballot outcomes reshape coverage rules for abortion, Medicaid, and transgender youth care differently from state to state.