A surprise win for Medicaid in Missouri shows the folly of GOP legislatures

[Nevilledog]

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Greg Sargent
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The state supreme court just upheld the Medicaid expansion in Missouri. That's huge. But there's a hidden irony here: The state will now get a huge *additional* pot of cash due to Biden's American Rescue Plan -- money GOP legislators tried hard to reject:

Opinion | A surprise win for Medicaid in Missouri shows the folly of GOP legislatures
Will you please accept enormous gobs of federal money to insure your own citizens? Please?
washingtonpost.com
2:07 PM · Jul 22, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/22/missouri-medicaid-expansion-court-win-gop/

Earlier this year, when President Biden and Democrats passed the huge covid-19 relief bill into law, they included a provision that would send a huge wad of federal cash to red states that would drop their opposition to expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

The absurdity of this has just been revealed in a new light by a surprise court decision in Missouri, one that constitutes a big victory for proponents of the Medicaid expansion.

On Thursday, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld an expansion of Medicaid that had been secured via a ballot initiative. That could mean an additional 275,000 people will have access to it.

That ballot initiative passed in 2020, but even after it did, GOP state legislators refused to fund the program. The court ruled that since the voters had merely expanded an existing program 一 Medicaid 一 the GOP legislature is required to implement it.

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[Diamond_Dog]

1. Republicans are why we can't have nice things.

[Walleye]

2. I'm happy for the folks in Missouri.Seems the GOP's main purpose is to thwart the will of the people

[gratuitous]

3. Gee, how can Missouri Democrats use this to their political advantage?

Never mind, it's probably unpossible.

[wcmagumba]

4. Thugs will still take credit for it even though they blocked it...liars...nt

[LiberatedUSA]

5. Well how about that!

[Tomconroy]

6. For once, the people have a say.

[PortTack]

7. Why in God's name is MO so red?? Seriously St Louis & Kansas City surely aren't red

The sparse population of the rest of the state can’t possibly out number these 2 metro areas

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. K&R