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plaintiffs  have filed suit against Missouri for failing to expand Medicaid to its adult population. A lawsuit was expected as the Republican-controlled legislature failed to allocate additional funds for the program after voters approved the ballot initiative last year. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by three Missouri residents who are eligible for expansion coverage. Advocates applauded the litigation. “It’s time for the political stunt in Missouri to come to an end,” said Jonathan Schleifer, executive director of The Fairness Project, a group that has helped organize ballot-led Med...

Missouri governor nixes voter-approved Medicaid expansion plan AP Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he will not expand Medicaid — a change approved by voters and scheduled to start July 1 — because lawmakers did not appropriate funding. “Although I was never in support of MO HealthNet expansion, I always said that I would uphold the ballot amendment if passed,” said Parson. “However, without a revenue source or funding authority from the General Assembly, we are unable to proceed with the expansion at this time and must withdraw our State Plan Amendments to ens...

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Missouri abandons voter-approved Medicaid expansion Reid Wilson © The Hill Missouri abandons voter-approved Medicaid expansion Less than a year after Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment expanding Medicaid coverage, Gov. Mike Parson (R) said Thursday he will drop plans to implement the expansion after legislators refused to provide funding. Parson sent a letter to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services formally withdrawing plans to expand MO HealthNet, the state's Medicaid program. He said the legislature's refusal to fund the expansion threat...

Mar 16, 2021 6:00 AM EDT At several points last year, Louise Snodgrass experienced some COVID-like symptoms, but worried each time how much testing or treatment would cost without health insurance. “I would have set up a doctor’s appointment if I had insurance,” said Snodgrass, 26, who works two jobs to make ends meet in Brookings, South Dakota. “Instead I sat there thinking, ‘What the heck am I going to do? I don’t even know if I’m going to get tested.’” Eventually Snodgrass was able to get tested — the result was negative — after a boss ...