Judge Rules Missouri Must Start Medicaid Expansion Immediately

Judge Rules Missouri Must Start Medicaid Expansion Immediately
A Medicaid expansion rally at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City on April 27, 2021. Liv Paggiarino/The Jefferson City News-Tribune via AP File
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A state judge ruled on Tuesday that Missouri must implement Medicaid expansion immediately, a major blow for the Missouri government and the GOP-led state legislature.

Jon Beetem, a state circuit judge, ordered that the Missouri government could not prohibit enrolling “individuals eligible” in Missouri’s Medicaid program, also known as the MO HealthNet program.