The first lawsuit to address the Missouri General Assembly’s refusal to fund Medicaid expansion in the state has been filed.

Steve Edwards @SDECoxHealth
Today, Jefferson City attorneys Chuck Hatfield and Lowell Pearson filed suit requiring the state to expand Medicaid as specified by the Missouri Constitution. They filed on behalf of three adults who will be newly eligible for the expanded program.
8:00 PM · May 20, 2021

Yesterday, in the 19th Judicial Circuit, Cole County:

21AC-CC00186 – STEPHANIE DOYLE ET AL V JENNIFER TIDBALL ET AL (E-CASE)
Judge/Commissioner Assigned: BEETEM, JON EDWARD Date Filed: 05/20/2021
Location: Cole Circuit Case Type: CC Declaratory Judgment
[….]

Filed on behalf of three individuals, with the following defendants:

TIDBALL , JENNIFER , Defendant
MO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVIC
[….]

STATE OF MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES , Defendant
BROADWAY STATE OFFICE BUILDING
[….]

MATHEWS , KIRK , Defendant
MO HEALTHNET DIVISION
[….]

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES – MO HEALTHNET DIVISION , Defendant
[….]

EVANS , KIM , Defendant
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, FSD
[….]

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, FAMILY SUPPORT DIVISION , Defendant
[….]

Previously:

Sen. Ed Emery (r): if you want Medicaid move to another state (May 19, 2014)

So, why hasn’t Medicaid Expansion happened in Missouri? (March 31, 2019)

Medicaid Expansion in Missouri: petition signatures submitted – for the November ballot (May 1, 2020)

Medicaid Expansion Rally – Clinton, Missouri – April 17, 2021 (April 17, 2021)

Medicaid expansion? What Medicaid expansion? (May 3, 2021)