MO HCR115

Missouri's 98th General Assembly urges U.S. Congress to extend full federal funding for state Medicaid expansion to all states, regardless of when they choose to expand

An estimated 253,000 uninsured Missourians would gain coverage if the state expanded Medicaid

Federal funding for Medicaid expansion was set to decrease from 100% to 95% in 2017, then to 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% in 2020 and thereafter

Medicaid expansion would bring $1.8 billion into Missouri's economy and generate over $60 million in budget savings

References H.R. 4588 (Incentivize Medicaid Expansion Act of 2016) and President Obama's 2017 budget proposal, both of which would provide three years of full federal funding for expansion states