Judge Jon Beetem

State asks judge to delay Missouri Medicaid expansion for two more months

August 7, 2021 | By TESSA WEINBERG, Missouri Independent

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled last month that the state must expand Medicaid as voters approved in 2020. Now it’s just a question of when. On Friday, attorneys representing plaintiffs who would have qualified for coverage urged Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem to effectuate what the state’s highest court ordered and prohibit the…