“It's not clear that this ballot initiative was ever designed really to solve a problem for patients. It's designed to intervene in an ongoing dispute between insurers and dentists about where the money goes,” Horowitz said.
“The only incentives about advertising are about persuading people, and you’re not going to reach for the most accurate description, you’re going to reach for the most convincing,” said Evan Horowitz
“It certainly would increase the progressive nature of 62F because there’s no question that doing this dramatically improves the distribution,” said Horowitz
But, as a recent report on Question 4 from the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University’s Tisch College notes, that argument doesn’t hold up.
As Evan Horowitz wrote in the report, “for opponents, such formal recognition can seem inappropriate, considering that the federal government controls immigration policy and unauthorized immigrants lack the lawful authority to be in the country.”
Evan Horowitz, executive director of the Center for State Policy Analysis, breaks down the data behind Question 1 and explains what's at stake for the state.