Missouri Senate Working On Medicaid Costs

With under three weeks left till lawmakers adjourn for the year, the state Senate is hoping to hear a routine bill that would help cover a significant share of the state’s Medicaid costs. The federal reimbursement allowance bill, also known as the F-R-A, taxes Missouri hospitals to help with those expenses. Weldon Spring Republican Bill Eigel talks about what it means to pass a “clean” F-R-A…

About four-point-five-billion-dollars in federal aid are at stake if the bill does not pass, something Democratic Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo says could be ‘catastrophic.’