I’ve written about this subject many times and still find myself dazed by the inadequacies of our state officials and their lack of concern for our state’s poorest citizens. In August 2020, voters approved Medicaid expansion for the state of Missouri by a 53% majority, thus making it a constitutional mandate. But Gov. Mike Parson and the General Assembly couldn’t handle such a tirade and claimed, incorrectly, that the mandate did not include a funding provision and thus was not a mandate and that only the General Assembly could provide funding mechanisms – not the voters. Proponents for Medicaid expansion obviously and correctly disagreed and said they’d pursue our next step in the courts. So, a motion was filed in the circuit court in Jefferson City asking the judge to rule in favor of the motion and cause the constitutional amendment to take hold and all the provisions of Medicaid expansion to leap forward on July 1, 2021, as required. Unfortunately, the judge, like the General…