North Missouri Representative Discusses Not Funding Medicaid Expansion

While Missouri voters approved Medicaid expansion, members of the Missouri House last week approved a budget that doesn’t fund it. State Representative Danny Busick says lawmakers understand that voters approved the measure.

The Newtown Republican says while the Federal Government was going to provide 90 percent of the funding, the 10 percent that was the state’s contribution would have caused legislators to make cuts in other areas.

It is doubtful that the Republican-led Missouri Senate will add the funding for Medicaid expansion during its budget debate.