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Posted By: Parker Padgett July 22, 2021 @ 9:48 pm Local News, News, Uncategorized ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the state’s voter-approved Medicaid expansion plan, overturning a lower court’s ruling that the constitutional amendment would wrongfully force lawmakers to set aside additional money. The unanimous decision sends the case back to Cole County Circuit Court,...

Springfield News-Leader The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Medicaid expansion amendment passed by a majority of voters last August did not violate the state constitution, overturning a lower court ruling in a victory for proponents of expansion. Missouris highest court unanimously determined that a circuit court judge was incorrect in ruling that Amendment 2, the 2020 ballot initiative passed by 53 percent of Missouri voters, was unconstitutional. The ruling will likely set the s...

Opinion Our Opinion: County courts gain efficiencies Sometimes we feel too busy to take a step back to examine how we could make improvements and save time. Jul. 17 2021 @ 11:05pm Sometimes we feel too busy to take a step back to examine how we could make improvements and save time. Its a Catch-22 — almost like being too busy to work on being less busy. Fortunately, the Cole County courts have taken the time to find efficiencies that will make the court system better for them and for the peop...

View Comments JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments in the states Medicaid expansion case Tuesday, as the high court weighs whether to expand the low-income health care program for roughly 275,000 Missourians.  The courts seven judges heard arguments from attorneys representing three women suing to be included in the states Medicaid program, the expansion of which was approved by a majority of Missouri voters last year. The state has maintained that since money for ex...

Missourinet Missouri’s Medicaid expansion lawsuit case is now in the hands of the seven-member state Supreme Court. The court heard about 35 minutes of oral arguments Tuesday morning in Jefferson City. Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer addresses Judge Jon Edward Beetem on June 21, 2021 in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City (file photo courtesy of Jefferson City News-Tribune pool photographer Julie Smith) Their attorney, Chuck Hatfield, says Missouri lawmakers approved Medicaid...

Missourinet The Missouri Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday morning in Jefferson City in one of the biggest cases the court has faced in recent memory: Missouri’s Medicaid expansion lawsuit case. Oral arguments will begin Tuesday at 11 a.m. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Edward Beetem views a slide presentation from attorney Chuck Hatfield during a June 21st hearing in Jefferson City on Missouri’s Medicaid expansion lawsuit (file photo courtesy of News-Tribune” pool photographe...

Springfield News-Leader As the Missouri Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the future of Medicaid in the state next week, groups are declaring their support for or opposition to its expansion. Health organizations, providers and business groups from around the state, as well as the House of Representatives, have submitted amicus briefs, or documents expressing their interest and support in the case. The high court will hear arguments on July 13. Three women suing the state are app...

Missouri judge: Medicaid expansion unconstitutional By SUMMER BALLENTINEJune 23, 2021 GMT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge on Wednesday ruled that a ballot measure to expand Medicaid is unconstitutional, meaning hundreds of thousands of newly eligible adults won’t be able to access the health insurance program July 1 as promised. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem wrote that the voter-approved amendment unconstitutionally sought to force lawmakers to set aside money for ...

‘Who do they work for’: On day Medicaid expansion would have started, Missourians protest Tessa Weinberg and Rudi Keller Missouri Independent Protesters had a special delivery for Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday, but they couldn’t reach him. On the day more than 275,000 Missourians would have been eligible to enroll in Medicaid if the voter-approved expansion had gone into effect, a dozen clergy members stood in the entrance to the Missouri Department of Transportation offices with a box in...

‘Who do they work for’: On day Medicaid expansion would have started, Missourians protest Tessa Weinberg and Rudi Keller Missouri Independent Protesters had a special delivery for Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday, but they couldn’t reach him. On the day more than 275,000 Missourians would have been eligible to enroll in Medicaid if the voter-approved expansion had gone into effect, a dozen clergy members stood in the entrance to the Missouri Department of Transportation offices with a box in ...