In 2018, then-Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley signed on to multistate litigation seeking to overturn the 2010 health care law — a move that, if successful, would have eliminated protections for people with preexisting conditions and ended the expansion of Medicaid to millions of low-income people.
Now, as the senior senator representing Missouri, Hawley finds himself in the unlikely position of defending Medicaid as his fellow Republicans scour for $880 billion to help extend President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and pay for increased funding for border security.
Hawley has made his stance clear in recent weeks: He will not support any proposal that would lead to cuts in Medicaid benefits for Missourians.
