PBS News Hour

Despite Missouri's Medicaid expansion, sign-ups still lag

Missouri is now the 38th state to expand Medicaid to low-income residents as part of the Affordable Care Act. It's been over a year since voters approved it, and after many delays, the first few thousand people enrolled this month. We begin our coverage by hearing from a few people now eligible for Medicaid about the long wait and urgent need for coverage, and Lisa Desjardins has more.

Despite Missouri's Medicaid expansion, sign-ups still lag

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