Expand Medicaid and close coverage gaps so underserved and rural communities can access local health care.

He supports expanding Medicaid and closing gaps in coverage to ensure that underserved and rural communities have access to local health care needed without having to travel hours to receive care.

Supports expanding Medicaid and reducing coverage gaps for rural and underserved communities.

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"Medicaid Adult Expansion Effective July 1, 2021 – Adult Expansion Group (AEG) - E2" and "Medicaid Expansion changed the eligibility requirements for Missouri’s Medicaid program (MO HealthNet) to include non-disabled adults between the ages of 19 and 64."

Missouri’s official Medicaid program documents that adult expansion took effect on July 1, 2021, closing a major coverage gap for low-income adults.

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Mo HealthNet
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Cleaver said Missouri’s rejection of "voter-approved Medicaid expansion" would deny health care to more than 270,000 Missourians and criticized Governor Parson for refusing to implement it.

Cleaver publicly supported implementing Medicaid expansion in Missouri and framed it as a needed way to cover many residents.

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Cleaver joined other House Democrats to introduce the COVER Now Act, which would let CMS work directly with local governments to expand Medicaid coverage in states that refused expansion.

He advanced a concrete federal proposal intended to close coverage gaps in non-expansion states, but the effort did not become law.

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