With time running out, chatter about a special session in Missouri hasn't stopped
JEFFERSON CITY • Though the top Missouri Senate Republican said Monday an effort to reverse $35 million health care cuts during a special session appeared dead, the state senator in charge of negotiations still floated his proposal on Friday.
Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican, vetoed a bill over the summer that would've prevented the state from tightening eligibility requirements for those receiving in-home and other specialty services through Medicaid. Providers also would've been spared a rate cut.
Greitens vetoed the measure, calling it a one-time budget gimmick to a long-term funding problem. He has shied away from calling a special session so that lawmakers can devise another plan to reverse the cuts, which were originally expected to impact 8,300 people. New figures show the state is on pace to cut services to only a fraction of that.
Even though the prospect of a special session is increasingly unlikely with two months from lawmakers' regular session, there is still chatter about the possibility.
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