Despite Missouri's Medicaid expansion, sign-ups still lag
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Missouri's Medicaid expansion aims to benefit low-income workers, but sign-ups still lag
Missouri is now the 38th state to expand Medicaid to low-income residents as part of the Affordable Care Act. It's been over a year since voters approved it, and after many delays, the first few thousand people enrolled this month. We begin our coverage by hearing from a few people now eligible for Medicaid about the long wait and urgent need for coverage, and Lisa Desjardins has more.
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Despite Missouri's Medicaid expansion, sign-ups still lag
Clip: 10/14/2021 | 8m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Missouri is now the 38th state to expand Medicaid to low-income residents as part of the Affordable Care Act. It's been over a year since voters approved it, and after many delays, the first few thousand people enrolled this month. We begin our coverage by hearing from a few people now eligible for Medicaid about the long wait and urgent need for coverage, and Lisa Desjardins has more.
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