Should Missouri lawmakers block Medicaid expansion?

Asked by ABC 17 News

564 Votes

Should Missouri lawmakers block Medicaid expansion?

18%

Yes Yes

82%

No No

18%

Yes

Missouri voters approved expanding Medicaid to cover low-income working adults last year. Republicans in the state legislature have long opposed expansion.

Missouri voters approved expanding Medicaid to cover low-income working adults last year. Republicans in the state legislature have long opposed expansion. Show Less

2 Comments

Vince Miles

Private insurance is better

82%

No

Republican lawmakers in the Missouri House have voted not to pay for the expansion, drawing criticism that they're going against the will of the people.

Republican lawmakers in the Missouri House have voted not to pay for the expansion, drawing criticism that they're going against the will of the people. Show Less

4 Comments

Pete M.

The voters spoke their mind about this and its borderline criminal that Republicans in Jeff City continue to openly defy and thumb their noses at the majority of voters and what we voted for. We will see them in Court and they will lose!

Harold Kerr II

THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR IT. SCREW JEFFERSON CITY!

Max

Oooh, are you Angry? Maybe only taxpayers and land owners should be allowed to vote.

Randel Hearne

Just like the proposed gas tax increase that has been voted down that they are trying to increase and the right to work it is wrong. But if you leave it up to the voters on some issues they can't make an educated decision because they don't speed the time to research what they are voting on.

Judy Smith

The citizens voted to expand Medicaid. This is a democracy and the will of the voters should not be overruled.

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

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19 Votes

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

32%

Yes Yes

68%

No No

32%

Yes

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No one has commented yet

68%

No

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Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

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233 Votes

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

2 Comments

Max DeYoung

That's how blue cities work, tax, tax, tax, and tax some more.

Zaos Gonzolez

Tax to the MAX. Tax till you drop, and it still don't stop!

Zaos Gonzolez

I believe with all my heart that Columbia residents should donate their entire paychecks to the City. If the City had ALL of the money, it would solve ALL of the problems.

77%

No

5 Comments

Fat Guy Outdoors

This is what Columbia just voted in. Great job!!!!

Debbie Neate

They want to raise taxes because the “sales taxes are less than expected”. Could this be due to Columbia’s citizens not shopping downtown, etc. as they do not. Want to deal with addicts, vagrants and panhandlers. Lower revenues are due to administrators poor policies and other choices ie..plan fine

Susanna Johnson Kettlewell

Get rid of the unnecessary positions created the past 3 years! The answer is to reduce the size of government, NOT raise taxes! Columbia's sales tax rate is already too high. Continue letting crime and homelessness flourish, raise taxes, and people will leave the city,

Allan German

Why not cut the city official salaries by a few thousand dollars each to help make up some of the money that the city is looking for? But I doubt a single city official would be willing to do that even though most of them live better than the rest of the city.

Zaos Gonzolez

The recorder of deeds salary alone is over $96,000!!!!!!!!!!!! TRULY INSANE. Most of us can never even imagine that amount of money.

Will Mason

Not until after ALL avenues for budget cuts have been explored Taxes are too high already.

Zaos Gonzolez

If you are alive, there is no such thing as too many taxes. EVEN when you are unalive, you are taxed.

ABC 17 News

Should Missouri lawmakers block Medicaid expansion?

18% Yes Yes

82% No No

18% Yes

82% No

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

32% Yes Yes

68% No No

32% Yes

68% No

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

23% Yes Yes

77% No No

23% Yes

77% No

18%

Yes Yes

82%

No No

18%

Yes

82%

No

32%

Yes Yes

68%

No No

32%

Yes

68%

No

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

77%

No