Missouri abandons voter-approved Medicaid expansion [View all]

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Source: The Hill

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 (CMS) formally withdrawing plans to expand MO HealthNet, the state's Medicaid program. He said the legislature's refusal to fund the expansion threatened the entire program's fiscal solvency.

"Although I was never in support of MO HealthNet expansion, I always said that I would uphold the ballot amendment if it passed. The majority of Missouri voters supported it, and we included funds for the expansion in our budget proposal," Parson said in a statement. "However, without a revenue source or funding authority from the General Assembly, we are unable to proceed with the expansion at this time."

Voters approved the amendment to the state constitution, which would have expanded Medicaid eligibility to those whose income was under 138 percent of the federal poverty level under the Affordable Care Act, by a 53 percent to 47 percent margin in August 2020.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/missouri-abandons-voter-approved-medicaid-expansion/ar-BB1gHjkb?li=BBnb7Kz

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