by Mike Lear | Jan 9, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
Republican and Democrat leaders have staked two very opposing positions on Medicaid expansion on day one of the legislative session. During remarks on the floor of the House, Minority Leader Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) tied the issue of Medicaid expansion to job...
by Mike Lear | Dec 5, 2012 | News
Republican leaders in the House and Senate have alternately said they oppose Governor Jay Nixon’s intention to support Medicaid expansion and say it is unlikely to pass the legislature. Two key Republicans in the budget making process, though, say they want to...
by Mike Lear | Nov 30, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Republican Speaker of the state House says future Missouri taxpayers will not be able to afford the expansion of Medicaid. Governor Nixon says he will include Medicaid expansion in his proposed budget for fiscal year 2014. It would extend Medicaid coverage to...
