
AIM: “Transformation must be part of Medicaid expansion bill”
AIM President Ray McCarty testified this week before the Senate Appropriations Committee on SB 349, a bill sponsored by Senator Paul LeVota (D-Independence) that would expand Missouri’s Medicaid program, Mo HealthNet. McCarty testified that Associated Industries of Missouri only supports Medicaid expansion if it is combined with or preceded by transformation of the Mo HealthNet system. “The current system is inefficient and results in duplicated services, waste, fraud and ab