Last week, Missouri Governor Mike Parson withdrew Missouri’s plan to expand Medicaid to those making up to 138% of the poverty level (ex. a family of 4 making a little over $36,000), despite voters approving that expansion and placing it into the state constitution.
I work with many individuals and families that will qualify for Medicaid on July 1. The vast majority of them are working, in many cases multiple jobs, and are barely making ends meet. They do not receive health care benefits from work, and they are just one medical bill away from disaster.
If the Governor chooses to deny health care to these folks as the state constitution requires, if he chooses to violate the oath he swore to uphold Missouri’s constitution, if he chooses to reject the massive federal funding available for Missouri that Missouri taxpayers are already paying for, we will sue the state and ask a judge to order him to do his job. We hope he will change his mind.
Elad Gross, Attorney at Law
