Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes
What they say
At a Chamber of Commerce forum in her 2022 Republican primary for the state House, she said she did not favor expanding Medicaid and that her concern was where the budget would find the money.
“As far as expansion goes, I'm not in favor of that. I think the concern is where are we going to find it in the budget.”
What the record shows ·
She voted no on all four House roll calls on House Bill 76, which expanded Medicaid and changed some certificate-of-need rules: 96 to 23 and 92 to 22 in February 2023, then 95 to 21 and 87 to 24 on agreeing to the Senate's version in March. It passed, and the governor signed it on March 27, 2023 (Session Law 2023-7).
Limit: Her words are from 2022, before she took office; her 2026 campaign says only that she will fight for better health care. Expansion could start only after a 2023 budget became law, and she voted for that budget.