It all goes back to August, when 53% of Missourians voted in favor of Medicaid expansion.
In February, Governor Parson and Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) sent the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services a state plan explaining they were going to go through with that expansion.
DSS estimated it would cost Missouri approximately $1.9 billion to fund the expansion in the 2022 fiscal year budget. Governor Parson even included the suggested funds in his annual budget proposal to the General Assembly.
Despite Governor Parson recommending it, the House voted to not fund the expansion.
On April 28, the Missouri State Senate voted to block the funding for it.