SB23 expands Medicaid to offer up to 12 months of postpartum coverage.
The Assembly passed SB23 on February 19, 2026, by a vote of 95 to 1. We have assigned minuses to the ayes because neither healthcare nor "social welfare" is the legitimate object of government. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that is not authorized according to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Like other "entitlement" programs, it's financed by discriminatory and unjust forms of taxation (e.g., personal or corporate income taxes) that provide "Medical Assistance benefits" to "eligible persons," who have little or no tax liability, at the expense of others—resulting in more debt, dependency, and poverty. The Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment were intended to prevent such "nanny state" policies and the reckless use of taxpayer money.
