SNAP helps  1 in 10 Missouri residents, or more than 620,000 Missourians, meet their nutritional needs.  The Budget Reconciliation bill approved by the House on May 23, 2025 would severely cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and harm millions of Read More

This analysis of the impact of the House reconciliation bill on Medicaid Expansion in Missouri was prepared by Joel Ferber, Director of Advocacy, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. Read More

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2025Contact: Traci Gleason U.S. House Sets Stage for Largest Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP in Programs’ History  House-passed budget reconciliation bill would put health coverage and food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians on the chopping Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives is barreling forward to meet its self-imposed deadline of voting this week on legislation that would enact the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in the history of the programs. The cuts would strip health coverage and food assistance away from Read More

Statement from Missouri Budget Project CEO Amy Blouin With today’s vote in the Missouri House, the state legislature has forwarded to Governor Kehoe a tax bill that will reduce state revenue by at least half a billion dollars annually. This comes at a time when our state is Read More

State Medicaid cuts made in 2005 – which are only a fraction of the size of the cuts being discussed today – caused nearly 150,000 Missourians to lose Medicaid coverage, increased the number of uninsured Missourians, and led to increased costs for providers and patients. The Read More

Work requirements impose administrative barriers and red tape that cause people to lose their coverage – including those who are supposed to be exempt from the requirements in the first place. Read More

Medicaid plays a critical role in rural Missouri by keeping rural health care providers afloat and by delivering health care in areas with less access to private health coverage through an employer. More than one in four Missourians living in rural areas rely on Medicaid. But Read More

Congress is currently considering a federal budget plan that would significantly cut funding for health care, food assistance, and other vital programs. If enacted, these cuts would represent an unprecedented cost shift to states, at a time when Missouri’s budget outlook is Read More

For Immediate Release: April 10, 2025Contact: Traci Gleason Federal Budget Plans Would Cost Missouri, Force Massive Cuts to Health Care, Food Security, Local ServicesWith national economy skidding, Congressional proposals would pass the buck to Missouri lawmakers to make dire Read More