MO HealthNet

The unanimous decision means low income Missourians eligible via a 2020 ballot initiative can sign up for the health care program, even though the legislature didn’t fund it.

Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office responded to a May 20 lawsuit seeking for Medicaid rolls to be opened to 275,000 working-age adults, following a voter-approved constitutional amendment.

The report concludes that expanding the program in Missouri would create tens of thousands of jobs. "We don’t see how the state can’t afford to expand Medicaid," one researcher said.