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Missouri governor drops voter-approved Medicaid expansion

by David A. Lieb
| May 14, 2021 12:03 AM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson dropped plans Thursday to expand the state's Medicaid health care program to thousands of low-income adults after the Republican-led Legislature refused to provide funding for the voter-approved measure.

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