JEFFERSON CITY Republican lawmakers shot down another plan to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion late Wednesday, paving the way for a possible court fight in the months to come.
The latest result came in the Senate budget committee, where a proposal from Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, won support from two other Republicans and all four Democrats but failed on a tie vote.
The decision is not final and could technically be superseded when the budget comes before the full Senate, but the losses for the plan are piling up.
Back in August, roughly 53 percent of voters said “yes” to a constitutional amendment requiring the state to offer public health insurance to any lawful adult resident earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line around $17,780 a year for individuals and $36,600 for a family of four. Current standards exclude most childless adults and cut most parents off at 21 percent of the poverty line.
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