• Home
  • News
    • Business
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Legislature
    • Politics / Govt
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • The Bill Pollock Show
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Missourinet

Your source for Missouri News and Sports

You are here: Home / Health / Medicine / Some Wanted More Than Non-Veto Veto Session

Some Wanted More Than Non-Veto Veto Session

September 15, 2006 By admin Leave a Comment

A veto session has passed quietly, with lawmakers leaving Jefferson City after an uneventful day. Some leave believing they missed an opportunity. A rally on the Capitol steps sent the message loud and clear to state lawmakers gathered for the annual Veto Session; workers with disabilities remain without Medicaid coverage. The top Democrat in the House, Representative Jeff Harris of Columbia, says the legislature should have stayed in special session to approve a scaled-down version of the Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities program.The money for a revived MAWD program is in the budget. The program, though, wasn’t resurrected during the regular session when the House and Senate failed to agree on a separate bill: an anti-Medicaid fraud bill. Governor Blunt refused to call a special session on MAWD without addressing fraud. Harris moved during the brief Veto Session to call the legislature into special session, a motion denied by House Speaker Rod Jetton, the top Republican, who noted Harris’ motion was out-of-order.Jetton says reauthorizing MAWD remains a top priority of House Republicans and pledges that the legislature will work quickly in the upcoming session to bring back MAWD.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Health / Medicine, Legislature Tagged With: Democratic Party, Department of Social Services, Matt Blunt, Republican Party

Subscribe to our daily newsletter

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.



Tweets by Missourinet

Sports

In the old days, Mahomes would have been back out there against the Browns (PODCAST)

Thanks for … [Read More...]

New U.S. women’s soccer captain Sauerbrunn says she got her toughness from her older brothers

Becky … [Read More...]

State reps want St. Louis Cardinals to erect a slavery monument near Busch Stadium

St. … [Read More...]

Watch as Kyrou’s goal lifts Blues past Sharks in home opener

Jordan … [Read More...]

Mizzou’s second half rally comes up short

The Mizzou … [Read More...]

More Sports

Tweets by missourisports

Archives

Opinion/Editorials

TwitterFacebook

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC