Democrats vow court battle if lawmakers don’t fund Missouri Medicaid expansion
Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
With the Missouri Senate poised for what promises to be a lengthy debate over Medicaid expansion, legislative Democrats said Tuesday that the fight over funding will move to the courts if lawmakers don’t approve money for the new coverage.
During a rally on the Capitol Building lawn, Senate Democrats promised to push for adding the $1.9 billion expected cost to the state budget. During debate in the Senate Appropriations Committee, a proposal from Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, to include Medicaid expansion funding in the budget failed on a tie vote, with Hough and two other Republicans voting with Democrats in favor of the spending.
Missouri Senate rejects funding for voter-approved Medicaid expansion
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Missouri Senate Rejects Funding For Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion
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Missouri likely going to court either way as Senate panel rejects Medicaid expansion funds Jeanne Kuang, The Kansas City Star
Apr. 22 JEFFERSON CITY A powerful Missouri Senate committee dealt an early blow Wednesday night to Democrats and Medicaid expansion advocates who hoped the upper legislative chamber would restore funding that the House had stripped out of the state budget.
In a 7-7 tie, a proposal introduced by Springfield Republican Sen. Lincoln Hough to partially fund the voter-approved expansion failed to clear the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Two other Republicans, including Lee s Summit Sen. Mike Cierpiot, joined the committee s four Democrats in voting for it. Appropriations Chair Dan Hegeman, a Cosby Republican, opposed funding the expansion.