It's time to expand Medicaid – St. Louis American

My 10 years of holding public office has taught me to expect surprises. However, I was completely surprised – actually shocked – when I learned a Cole County prosecutor had suggested I’d been the victim of the group of clergy protesters known as the “Medicaid 23.”When the protesters began their chants in the Senate Gallery, I was on the floor filibustering a separate, but similar, attack on working people. The truth is, this prosecution was nothing more than the latest politically motivated smokescreen aimed at preventing what those protesters, myself and so many other Missourians are fighting for: Medicaid expansion across our state.This initiative was the crux of the protests of those 23 clergy members on trial. Their involvement shows the basic moral issue involved with any policy, plan or law that affects health care for our poor. Extremists have subjected people they serve to sickness and even death because of an ideological …
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