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April 23, 2021Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

MO Senate budget committee votes against Medicaid expansion

A Missouri Senate budget committee has voted against funding Medicaid expansion.
The budget panel voted 7-7 Wednesday on a Republican-sponsored proposal that
would have set money aside to pay for the program. The tied vote meant the
proposal failed. Missouri voters last year amended the state Constitution to
extend government health care to thousands more low-income adults. But now the
Republican-led Legislature is arguing over whether to pay for it. The leader of
the budget committee says it's now up to the full Senate to make a final
decision on funding for the program.