Missouri remains as one of the handful of states that have not expanded Medicaid under the guidelines of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which led the Missouri Foundation for Health to collaborate with REMI to examine the economic impacts associated with Medicaid expansion in the state. A 6-region, 70-industry PI+ model of Missouri was utilized to consider two categories of direct impacts of the increase in federal funding, which were net new health care spending in Missouri and the reduction of state government spending on the MO HealthNet. This report compiled the economic impacts on Missouri as they relate to employment, economic output, gross domestic product, and personal income.
