Prior to my time as secretary of commerce, you could see me under the dome of the Capitol leading rallies with a pickle jar in my hand talking about the need for Medicaid expansion.
Why a pickle jar? Well, I saw pickle jars sitting on convenience store counters across the state collecting money for someone’s cancer treatments or dialysis or recovery from car accidents, hoping a friend, a neighbor, a co-worker or family member would throw in a couple bucks so they could pay for whatever treatment they needed.
It’s unacceptable that so many are forced to rely on the…
