MO Walks Back Plans for Medicaid Expansion, Setting Stage For Litigation

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) announced Thursday (May 13) that the state will formally withdraw its state plan amendments to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act after legislators failed to appropriate funds for the expansion mandate passed by voters last summer, leaving stakeholders confident that legal action is imminent. “This is definitely headed to court as the governor is in clear violation of the state’s constitution,” Chris Coil, communications director for The Fairness Project, an organization that...