Warren Buffett, Walter Scott give big dollars to push Medicaid expansion

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Henry J. Cordes

Omaha billionaires Warren Buffett and Walter Scott Jr. have written big checks in support of expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income Nebraskans.

Each of the Omaha businessmen donated $200,000 to urge a yes vote for Initiative 427, according to the latest finance report on the measure, which appears on the Nov. 6 state ballot.

The support of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Buffett is not surprising. Buffett has long spoken of the need for a wealthy country like the United States to provide an adequate safety net for those left behind by capitalism. Initiative 427 would expand Medicaid to cover an additional 90,000 Nebraskans, most of them among the working poor.

Buffett has also expressed concern about the high cost, complexity and bureaucracy of the U.S. health care system. He has joined forces with CEOs Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase to fund a venture seeking reforms.

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Lincoln mother says Medicaid expansion 'would change everything' for herself and her children

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