Medicaid Makes Cents

So on the same day that Allen Icet, Chairman of the House Budget Committee released his version of the Supplemental Budget with the Governor’s health care expansion and economic recovery funds stripped out, over 300 Missourians from with disabilities, nurses and state employees rallied in the Capitol Rotunda for restoration of Medicaid wearing t-shirts proudly stating "Medicaid Makes Cents".

The Governor, Representatives Kuessner, McClanahan, and Senator Wright-Jones were all there to push for restoration.

Even in the dungeon of the House Budget Committee, you couldn’t help but hear the cheers and chants from the floors above.

No doubt, the Republicans will have no trouble ignoring the calls for Medicaid expansion from their constituents, just like they did in 2005. But these brave Missourians are making themselves difficult to ignore.