More Deets On Missouri Republicans Shutting Down More Medicare Despite Voter Mandate
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Kansas City led the charge to push for greater healthcare access that would ve helped rural Missouri more than anyone else.
Sadly, the Missouri GOP remained unmoved and
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The Missouri Senate voted against funding Medicaid expansion Wednesday night, after a debate that will not be the final word on whether 275,000 Missourians become eligible for coverage on July 1. By a 14-20 vote, with four Republicans breaking ranks with the rest of their party, the Senate rejected an amendment to the Department of Mental Health budget offered by Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, D-Independence.
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With Senate Medicaid vote, Missouri GOP puts Gov. Mike Parson in political bind Jonathan Shorman and Jeanne Kuang, The Kansas City Star
Apr. 29 JEFFERSON CITY Missouri Gov. Mike Parson opposes Medicaid expansion, but after voters approved it last August he said he would abide by the will of the people.
The General Assembly may make that impossible.
The Senate rejected funding for expansion Wednesday night, marking another failed attempt to implement the program after the House passed a budget without it. Barring an 11th hour breakthrough, lawmakers likely won t approve expansion funding by May 7, when they are required to deliver a budget to Parson.
Wednesday night’s vote sets up a likely court battle over the public health insurance program.
The Missouri Senate voted against funding Medicaid expansion Wednesday night, after a debate that will not be the final word on whether 275,000 Missourians become eligible for coverage on July 1.
By a 14-20 vote, with four Republicans breaking ranks with the rest of their party, the Senate rejected an amendment to the Department of Mental Health budget offered by Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, D-Independence. Soon after, an amendment to the medical services provided through the Department of Social Services was defeated by a similar vote.
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Originally published on April 29, 2021 10:39 am
The Missouri Senate voted against funding Medicaid expansion Wednesday night, after a debate that will not be the final word on whether 275,000 Missourians become eligible for coverage on July 1.
By a 14-20 vote, with four Republicans breaking ranks with the rest of their party, the Senate rejected an amendment to the Department of Mental Health budget offered by Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, D-Independence. Soon after, an amendment to the medical services provided through the Department of Social Services was defeated by a similar vote.
The Senate completed work on its $35.1 billion spending plan for the year that begins July 1 after midnight following roughly eight hours of debate. It must be reconciled with the House version, which spent $32 billion, by May 7.