August 4 is a big day. It is the day which will greatly affect over 250,000 residents of MO. It is the day we can – and must – vote to expand Medicaid. It is the day we can save lives.
VOTE YES on Medicaid Expansion on August 4th
Category: Health Care
That Was The Year That Was
By the end of the Fiscal Year, instead of growing by hundreds of millions of dollars the state’s General Revenue came up a net $633,836,284.17 short – 6.62% below the total raised in Fiscal Year 2019. That’s effectively better than a billion dollar gap.
Legislative Report – April 10, 2020
Missouri has long lagged most other states in the operation of its benefit programs. As mentioned before, the state has moved from a county office model to Call Centers handling food stamps, Medicaid and most other programs. The Call Centers have been a monumental failure at handling everyday work flow. They now constitute an inescapable calamity struggling families must endure.
The Beginning Of The New
After the 1918 flu pandemic it took years for life to return to normal. This go around, plan on a decade of pain.
Meanwhile, In Missouri
The restaurant and hospitality industry evaporated this week. Other than grocers, retail is gone. Major manufacturers are closing the assembly lines. The result will be hundreds of thousands of formerly working and middle class families toppling into poverty. Missouri government can’t handle that.
Extra Deaths
I started wondering, how many extra, needless Coronavirus deaths will we have here in Missouri because so many of our neighbors lack medical coverage.