Show-Me Local Libs Confounded By Senator Hawley Medicaid Support

Here's our constant problem with prog blogs . . . They can't wrap their heads around POLICY before politics.

And so . . . 

Babs is a longtime local scribes but it takes her about 10 paragraphs to mention that Missouri's leading conservative is ALSO now a supporter of Medicaid . . . Here's here best passage wherein she struggles with the idea . . . 

"U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has turned heads by declaring that he won’t support outright cuts to Medicaid, though he does favor work requirements, which would force some people out of the program.

"Hawley, a former Republican Missouri attorney general, has spent all of his political career opposing Obamacare, which includes Medicaid expansion.

"What swayed him, he said, was the vote on the constitutional amendment, which was 53% in favor and 46% opposed. Many supporters found that a bit close for comfort, but in an interview with RollCall, a Washington outlet, Hawley called it “a big margin.” He also said he expected Trump to oppose cuts to Medicaid.

"Whether that will happen, or whether Hawley will stick to his opposition, is anyone’s guess.

"What’s certain is that about 1.3 million Missourians use Medicaid or the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program. That’s about one-fifth of the state’s population.

"Of that number, about 300,000 adults have gained access to health insurance since voter-mandated expansion took effect in 2021. Medicaid has enabled them to get annual checkups, be treated for chronic conditions and undergo long-delayed surgical procedures like joint replacements."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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