Medicaid

Governor Highlights Medicaid Expansion’s Extraordinary Cost

Missouri’s next budget will include Medicaid expansion, and the price tag is going to be enormous. Recently, the governor warned during his State of the State address that expanding the […]

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Medicaid Enrollment Continues to Climb

Over the past six months, Missouri’s Medicaid rolls have grown by 15 percent. There are now more than 975,000 Missourians on the program, which is the highest enrollment has been […]

SMI Podcast: Chris Pope – A New Plan for Medicaid

Listen Here Read Chris’s full report: A Plan to Make Medicaid Fair, Focused, and Accountable Chris Pope is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Previously, he was director of […]

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What to Expect When You’re Expanding

Earlier this month, Missouri voters decided it was time for the state to expand Medicaid. Our state’s elected officials now have roughly ten months to iron out all the details […]

Agreeing and Disagreeing on Health Care Reform

This week, my colleague Susan Pendergrass and I had the opportunity to sit down for a podcast with Stuart Butler, Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and […]

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Debunking the Myth of a Costless Medicaid Expansion

As published in the Columbia Tribune On August 4, Missouri voters will decide whether the state should become the 38th to expand Medicaid. Proponents of the measure suggest expanding the […]

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