Missourians rely on Medicaid for affordable health care access. But Republicans are trying to take it away.

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    Medicaid provides health coverage to more than 1 million Missourians

    Many of our friends, neighbors, and family members in Missouri, including many working families, rely on Medicaid for health care.

    You might be surprised to find out how many people in your community could lose their health care coverage if Republicans succeed in their plan to cut Missourians’ access to Medicaid.

    Find out how many people in your county rely on Medicaid to access health care.

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    In Missouri, Medicaid goes by many different names

    Some Missourians don’t even realize that their health care plan is provided by Medicaid. Some names of Medicaid health plans, programs, and plan providers include:

    • MO HealthNet
    • Healthy Blue
    • Home State Health Plan
    • United Healthcare
    • Aged and Disabled Waiver (ADW)
    • Structured Family Caregiving Waiver (SFCW)
    • Supplemental Nursing Care (SNC) Program
    • Consumer Directed Personal Care Assistance

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    Who relies on Medicaid for health coverage in Missouri?

    • 36.2% of all children

    • 40% of moms giving birth and their newborn babies

    • 36.4% of working-age adults with disabilities

    • 65% of people living in nursing homes

    • 16% of Medicare beneficiaries

    • 12.9% of adults aged 19-64

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    Medicaid is major source of federal funding for Missouri and creates jobs

    Medicaid funding helps keep hospitals open and health care workers working in Missouri.

    • Federal Medicaid funding to Missouri was $10 billion in 2023, which was 62% of all federal funding to Missouri

    • Most of what our state spends on Medicaid is matched by the federal government, at a rate known as the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage. Missouri’s FMAP is 65%.

    • The federal matching rate for services provided to people covered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion population is 90%.

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    How does Medicaid support community health centers in Missouri?

    Our community health centers pay for doctors, nurses, office space, and medical equipment in part with funds they receive from serving patients who use Medicaid. Cuts to Medicaid funding could cause many community health care clinics in both rural and urban communities to cut services or close.

    • 49% of Missouri community health centers’ revenue came from Medicaid in 2023

    • 53% of community health center patients in Missouri get their health care coverage through Medicaid

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    How does Medicaid support Missouri’s hospitals?

    Many Missouri hospitals, especially those in under resourced rural and urban communities, depend on Medicaid to help keep their doors open.

    In addition to payments for services provided to Medicaid managed care plan enrollees, Missouri hospitals received $2.6 billion in Medicaid payments in 2023.

    This included $1 billion in Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) and other payments that help hospitals offset the cost of care for Medicaid users and uninsured patients.

What can Missourians do to protect Medicaid?

• Tell your family, friends and neighbors that keeping Medicaid coverage available matters to you

• Contact your elected representatives and tell them to vote NO on cuts to Medicaid

• Work to elect candidates who will support Medicaid at the federal, state, and local level