Court losses aren't stopping push to make Missourians get jobs to get Medicaid
For the third time in three years, Sen.
Unlike prior attempts, the latest version would send the question to voters in the November election.
The proposed referendum has already won approval in a
It comes amid ongoing legal setbacks for President
On Friday, a federal appeals court rejected an appeal of a case involving Medicaid benefits in
The ruling said the
"The text of the statute includes one primary purpose, which is providing health-care coverage without any restriction geared to healthy outcomes, financial independence or transition to commercial coverage," the unanimous ruling noted.
Sater said Monday he is going "full speed ahead" with his proposal.
"The court decision is not going to deter me," Sater said. "My philosophy is that work is good for people."
House Minority Leader
"You're adding additional paperwork: having to go in, make copies of things, have transportation to get to the centers to make copies and mail things in additional costs," she said. "Every place that we've seen work requirements across the country, they have not done what the
Some states have abandoned work requirements, which require low-income adults to work or seek work for 80 hours per month.
In
A
Of those, the analysis noted that an estimated 65% would likely fail to comply and would lose their coverage.
Among the groups opposing the proposed referendum are
It isn't the only time Sater has pushed a change in law designed to make people work if they want welfare benefits.
A 2015 law he sponsored added eligibility requirements to the state's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. About 23,000 children ended up being dropped from the rolls of that program and the
The law required low-income parents to get job training, volunteer or receive high school and vocational education, and also cut the time families could spend on the program.
The legislation is Senate Joint Resolution 32.
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