Welcome to Wednesday's Overnight Health Care, where Democrats have won back the House, opening the door to a shift in the health care debate

Here's what we'll be watching for on health care when the new Democratic House majority takes over:

Medicaid wins big at the polls

It was a big night for Medicaid. Three red states voted to expand Medicaid, giving health coverage to potentially hundreds of thousands of newly eligible people.

Idaho voters approved expansion with more than 61 percent of the vote, Utah passed expansion with 54 percent and Nebraska passed it with 53 percent. In Nebraska and Utah, the approval came despite opposition from the states' Republican governors.

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Democrats also won close gubernatorial races in Kansas and Wisconsin, putting expansion on the table. In Kansas, expansion legislation passed in 2017 but former Gov. Sam Brownback (R) vetoed it. In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R) lost to Democrat Tony Evers, who campaigned on a platform that included expansion.

The Trump administration finalized two rules today making it easier for some employers to avoid complying with the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate. Here's what they do:

The first rule provides an exemption to the mandate for entities that object to contraception based on their "sincerely held religious beliefs."

The second rule gives ax exemption to nonprofits, small businesses and individuals that have non-religious, moral objections to the mandate.

These rules are largely similar to two interim final rules released by the administration last year. But the second rule was amended to state that the moral exemptions don't apply to publicly traded businesses and government entities.

The rules take effect 60 days after their publication in the Federal Register.

Context: These rules are already the subject of multiple lawsuits against the administration. From National Women's Law Center President Fatima Goss Graves:

"The Trump Administration decided to finalize these outrageous rules, despite several pending lawsuits and two federal courts blocking them. It's clear that this Administration will stop at nothing to attack women's health care... if the Administration thinks it can move these rules forward without a fight, they're wrong."

On the topic of abortion, two states last night laid the groundwork to ban abortion if the Supreme Court makes changes to Roe v. Wade.

Voters in Alabama and West Virginia approved sweeping amendments to state constitutions that could put major limitations on access to abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court.

Alabama's amendment makes it state policy to protect "the rights of unborn children" and "support the sanctity of unborn life." It also says there are no constitutional protections for a woman's right to an abortion.

Fifty-nine percent of voters approved the measure.

West Virginia narrowly passed a similar amendment that states nothing in the state Constitution "secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion." That vote was 52 percent to 48 percent.

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Meanwhile, Trump had a marathon press conference on Wednesday. Among his remarks...

Trump says he has 'solution' to abortion debate

President Trump on Wednesday said he has a "solution" to the abortion rights debate, but did not provide details.

At a wide-ranging and sometimes confrontational press conference following the midterm elections, Trump was asked how he would "push forward" with his anti-abortion agenda, as promised during the campaign.

"I won't be able to explain that to you," Trump said. "Because it is an issue that is a very divisive, polarizing issue. But there is a solution, I think that I have that solution. And nobody else does."

The debate over abortion rights is seeing renewed energy following the confirmation of Trump's latest nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael KavanaughOvernight Health Care: US coronavirus deaths hit 200,000 | Ginsburg's death puts future of ObamaCare at risk | Federal panel delays vote on initial COVID-19 vaccine distribution Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Trump says he'll make Supreme Court pick on Saturday MORE.

Kavanaugh, a conservative justice, is seen as a potential tie-breaker to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion in the U.S., should the opportunity arise.

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What we're reading

Trump administration to scrutinize ObamaCare plans for abortion funding (Washington Examiner)

Redemption for ObamaCare (Politico)

The Republican majority is dead and ObamaCare is alive (Huffington Post)

ObamaCare repeal in Congress is dead. Next, a battle over Medicare for All (Bloomberg)

State by state

A winning idea: Medicaid expansion prevails in Idaho, Nebraska And Utah (NPR)

West Virginia and Alabama Voted to Outlaw Abortion if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned (Daily Beast)

Bob Hugin concedes defeat in New Jersey -- but doesn't concede his pharma background played a role (Stat)