Children’s Advocates Join Calls to Expand Medicaid

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Kids Win Missouri, a multi-issue children’s advocacy coalition, announced its official endorsement of the “Yes on 2” ballot initiative on Wednesday, July 8. The initiative will expand health insurance coverage for parents and workers in Missouri… According to a report from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, states that have not expanded Medicaid to parents and other adults, like Missouri, have seen increases in their rate of uninsured children three times as large as states that have expanded. Missouri saw an almost 17% increase in the number of uninsured children between 2016-2018, which means over 23,000 children are without insurance.

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