Low-income Missouri residents finally gain Medicaid coverage
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Medicaid expansion has finally begun in Missouri, nearly five months after Republican Gov. Mike Parson unsuccessfully tried to block it.
Roughly 275,000 low-income adults in the state are now eligible for coverage. MO HealthNet, the state's Medicaid program, has already received more than 17,000 applications since the sign up process started in August.
Missouri was required to expand Medicaid after voters approved it in August 2020 by a vote of 53% to 47% -- becoming the sixth state to accept the Affordable Care Act provision at the ballot box.
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