Unknown future of federal Medicaid funding puts Missouri in a bind

Missouri campaign watchdog is once again unable to function due to vacancies

The Missouri Ethics Commission meeting Oct. 16 at its Jefferson City offices. Members at the time, from left, were Jim Martin, Whitney Smith, Robin Wheeler Sanders and Jeremy Schneider. Attorney Scott Pool, the commission's counsel, is at the far right (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).Last fall, St. Louis attorney Brad Ketcher read the news that a Republican candidate for the Missouri Senate was using money from his church to help fund his cam…

Trump states enshrining Medicaid expansion in constitutions in a bind NH avoided

As Republicans in Congress consider cutting the federal share of Medicaid funding, states are weighing numerous options to scale back their programs. But voters in three states have significantly limited those options by enshrining Medicaid expansion in their constitutions —…

States that enshrined Medicaid expansion in their constitutions, including SD, could be in a bind • South Dakota Searchlight

Brock Willis receives a COVID vaccine on Aug. 5, 2021, at a clinic in Springfield, Missouri. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)As Republicans in Congress consider cutting the federal share of Medicaid funding, states are weighing numerous options to scale back their programs. But voters in three states have significantly limited those options by enshrining Medicaid expansion in their constitutions — creating a potential budget disaster and a political…

Unknown future of federal Medicaid funding puts Missouri in a bind

The Missouri Constitution requires the state to cover the cost of Medicaid expansion even if federal funding changes.

States, like Oklahoma, that enshrined Medicaid expansion in their constitutions could be in a bind

A patient receives a shot at a clinic in Springfield, Mo. Missourians voted in August 2020 to amend the state constitution to expand Medicaid to adults below the age of 65 at or below 138% of the federal poverty line. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)As Republicans in Congress consider cutting the federal share of Medicaid funding, states are weighing numerous options to scale back their programs. But voters in three states have significantl…