Medicaid expansion

State Rep. Deb Lavender makes her case on why she can turn the historically Republican 15th Senate District blue. Lavender's bid to unseat GOP Sen. Andrew Koenig in the St. Louis County-based district is arguably the most competitive Missouri legislative contest of 2020.

After discussing the idea for years, Missouri voters narrowly agreed Tuesday to expand Medicaid — giving roughly 230,000 additional people access to health care. The constitutional amendment passed 53% to 47%.

After years of debating whether to expand Medicaid in Missouri, voters will finally get the chance to decide in the August primary election. Currently,…

Updated at 9 p.m. with lawsuit filed against the initiativeMissouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that the question of whether to expand Medicaid…

Missouri voters will get a chance to expand Medicaid.Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced Friday that he approved the petition to put Medicaid…

Coronavirus concerns have made gathering signatures for ballot items basically impossible, especially with state and local governments placing…

BELLEVILLE — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he filed for a federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage for COVID-19 illnesses in the state at a…

Missouri state Reps. Kip Kendrick and Martha Stevens, both Democrats from Columbia, appeared on Politically Speaking to talk about Medicaid expansion, the…

When Pinnacle Regional Hospital in Boonville closed recently, it became the seventh rural hospital to shut its doors in Missouri since 2010.In that same…

Democrats in the Missouri House say they’re confident voters will approve Medicaid expansion, and they want to strengthen other health care measures in…