Missouri must fix Medicaid’s paperwork problem before work requirements begin​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

By: Abby Ehrhardt

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 893

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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More than 300,000 Missourians lost Medicaid coverage. Ninety-two percent of them weren’t found ineligible. They lost coverage because of paperwork.

That number should shape how Missouri prepares for federal Medicaid work requirements, which take effect Jan. 1, 2027.

A proposal to write work requirements into the state constitution passed the Republican-led House this year but stalled in the Republican-led Senate, expiring without a vote when the session adjourned. The federal mandate is …

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