Show-Me Discusses the Medicaid Expansion With Media All Across State
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon's decision to support expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act quickly became a statewide policy debate. Show-Me Institute analysts spent the following days discussing the proposal with television, radio, and other news outlets around Missouri.
The Institute's concern was that the federal government's unusually generous introductory funding did not make the expansion costless. Missouri would eventually assume a larger share of the expense, federal dollars would still come from taxpayers, and enrollment and utilization could exceed early projections. Those risks deserved to be weighed against alternatives aimed at improving access to care without committing the state to a major permanent entitlement expansion.
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