The United States is a democracy, right?

Well, actually, Sean, it's a little bit more complicated.

We live in a constitutional federal republic, and I'd like to place emphasis on the republic

bit.

While people hold power in the United States, that power manifests in representatives, i.e.

elected officials, exercise power on behalf of the people.

Right, right, right, right, right.

That's why they can't get Medicaid expansion in Missouri.

Jason Rosenbaum with St. Louis Public Radio was just telling us about this.

We passed a constitutional amendment in 2020 requiring people that make up to 138 percent

of the federal poverty level.

So that's a little over $17,000 a year to have access to the healthcare program that

is kind of the state federal combination, so to speak.

It's now official.

Missouri will be the 38th state to expand Medicaid, meaning an estimated 230,000 more

Missourians will now qualify for the program.

A lot of people like me thought this issue had been settled after a 15 year fight.

Dozens of organizations from health nonprofits to charities and even the conservative leaning

Missouri Chamber of Commerce support expansion, including St. Louis Hospital, where uninsured

patients often use the ER for primary care.

But that wasn't the case, because the legislature made the decision not to fund Medicaid expansion.

This is the left's overindulgence in a Robinhood complex of constantly trying to take from

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