From business leaders to organized labor, voices of faith to patient advocates, the Yes on 2 coalition for Missouri Medicaid expansion continues to grow as the August 4 election fast approaches.

Nearly 300 organizations to date have endorsed the Amendment 2 ballot initiative to provide hardworking Missourians and their families with access to healthcare. The nonpartisan coalition released its roster of supporters on Monday.

“The Yes on 2 campaign is humbled both by the sheer volume of support and the expansive coalition that transcends party politics, racial lines, the rural-urban split and other labels that divide rather than unite,” said campaign manager A.J. Bockelman.
“Our partners recognize the urgency of Medicaid expansion to protect frontline healthcare jobs, help keep endangered rural hospitals open, boost our state’s economy and generate additional jobs during our ongoing economic crisis.”
Coalition members include:
- the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the nation’s largest federation of unions, representing more than 12 million active and retired workers;

-AARP, the nation’s leading advocacy organization for those aged 50 and older;

-the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the state’s leading business voice.

-the state’s primary emergency medical services (EMS) organizations, including the Ambulance District Association of Missouri; the Missouri Ambulance Association; and the Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association.

-13 national patient advocacy groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association and American Lung Association.

An independent study by economic analysts on behalf of the Missouri Foundation for Health projects that Medicaid expansion will create more than 16,000 jobs annually in the program’s first five years, with nearly 80 percent of the job growth outside of the healthcare industry -- and most of the new jobs generated outside Missouri’s big cities.

On a yearly average, Missouri would see a $2.5 billion increase in economic output and a $1.6 billion boost in gross domestic product. Average personal income would grow by $1.1 billion annually - an extra $500 on average for each Missouri household.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis determined that Medicaid expansion will save Missouri more than $1 billion annually by 2026 by bringing tax dollars back from Washington and reducing many of the healthcare costs the state of Missouri currently pays.

Missouri would join 37 other states that have expanded Medicaid, including neighboring Arkansas, where officials reported using savings from expansion to cut state income
taxes and reduce payments previously allocated to the uninsured.

In 2018, voters in Utah, Idaho and Nebraska chose to expand Medicaid, and six days ago, voters in Oklahoma passed a Medicaid expansion ballot measure of their own.

Yes on 2: Healthcare for Missouri is a grassroots, nonpartisan effort led by Missourians, including doctors, nurses, healthcare advocates, civic and business leaders and Missourians who need healthcare. For more information, visit Yeson2.org.

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PAID FOR BY MISSOURIANS FOR HEALTHCARE; JOE PIERLE, TREASURER

Endorsing Organizations

Civic/community

• AARP Missouri
• Action STL
• Alive & Well
• Arch City Defenders
• Better Family Life
• Beyond Housing
• Bread and Roses Missouri
• Cape Girardeau NAACP
• Communities Creating Opportunity
• Community Asset Builders, LLC
• Deaconess Foundation
• Empower Missouri
• Gateway Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus
• Health Literacy Media
• Health Forward Foundation
• Heartland Alliance for Progress
• Heartland Strong, Inc.
• Hillcrest Ministries of MidAmerica, Inc.
• Hope Faith - Homeless Assistance Campus
• Hope House
• Jackson County Legislature
• Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis
• Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City
• Kansas City Shepherd's Center
• League of Women Voters Missouri
• League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis
• League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri
• Lutheran Family & Children Services
• Missouri Budget Project
• Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium
• Missouri Jobs with Justice
• Missouri State Chapter of the NAACP
• MOSWITCH
• National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis
• National Council of Jewish Women Greater Kansas City
• National Organization for Rare Disorders
• North County Inc.
• Northland Progress
• Northwest Project in Springfield
• Nurture KC
• Organization for Black Struggle
• Ozark Area Community Action Corporation
• Paraquad
• Peter & Paul Community Services
• Phoenix Family
• Physicians For a National Health Program (Missouri chapter)
• Places for People
• Portageville NAACP
• ProgressWomen
• reStart
• NAACP, Springfield
• Sierra Club- Missouri chapter
• Silver Haired Legislature
• St. Francois County Community Partnership
• St. Joseph NAACP
• St. Louis Board of Aldermen
• St. Louis City Department of Health
• St. Louis Effort for AIDS
• St. Louis Senior Fund
• Synergy Services
• The Whole Person
• Tobacco Free Missouri
• United Way of Greater Kansas City
• Urban League of Greater Kansas City
• Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Wake Up Phelps County Coalition
• Women's Foundation
• Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
• 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis
• 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Kansas City

Healthcare

• Adapt of Missouri
• Affinia Healthcare
• Barnes Jewish Hospital
• Barnes Jewish St. Peters
• Barnes Jewish West County
• Behavioral Health Network of Greater St. Louis
• Behavioral Health Response
• Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Center
• BJC Healthcare
• Black Health Care Coalition
• BioNexusKC
• CareSTL Health
• Carroll County Memorial Hospital
• Cass Regional Medical Center
• Center for Practical Bioethics
• Christian Hospital
• Cox Barton County Hospital
• Cox Medical Center Branson
• Cox Medical Center South
• Cox Monett Hospital
• Cox North Hospital
• Northwest Healthcare
• Community Health-in-Partnership, dba CHIPS Health and Wellness Center
• Community Treatment Inc.
• Cornerstone of Care
• Excelsior Springs Hospital
• Family Care Health Centers
• Fitzgibbon Hospital
• Freeman Health System
• Generate Health
• Great Mines Health Center
• Greene County Medical Society
• Health Care Collaborative of Rural Missouri
• Hendrick Medical Center
• Hi-Tech Charities
• iFM Community Medicine
• Iron County Medical Center
• Jaama Birth Village
• Kansas City Medical Society
• Kansas City Medical Society Foundation
• Katy Trail Community Health
• KC Care Health Center
• Lake Regional Health System
• Mercy Hospital Cassville
• Mercy Hospital Jefferson
• Mercy Hospital Joplin
• Mercy Hospital Lebanon
• Mercy Hospital South
• Mercy Hospital Springfield
• Mercy Hospital St. Louis
• Mercy Hospital Washington
• Mercy Hospital Aurora
• Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield
• Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Springfield
• Mercy St. Francis Hospital
• Missouri Academy of Family Physicians
• Missouri Association of Local Public Health Agencies
• Missouri Baptist Medical Center
• Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
• Missouri Center for Public Health Excellence
• Missouri Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
• Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare
• Missouri Coalition for Oral Health
• Missouri Dental Hygienists' Association
• Missouri Family Health Council
• Missouri Health Care for All
• Missouri Hospital Association
• Missouri Nurses Association
• Missouri Occupational Therapy Association
• Missouri Primary Care Association
• Missouri Public Health Association
• Missouri Rural Health Association
• Missouri State Medical Association
• Missouri State Orthopaedic Association
• Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville
• Mosaic Medical Center-Albany
• Namaste Health Care
• Nurses for Newborns
• NCADA
• Ozark Community Hospital
• Ozarks Medical Center
• Parkland Health Center
• Preferred Family Healthcare
• Prime Health Foundation
• Progress West Hospital
• REACH Healthcare Foundation
• ReDiscover
• Saint Luke's East Hospital
• Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
• Saint Luke's North Hospital
• Samaritan Hospital
• Show-Me School-Based Health Alliance
• Social Welfare Board
• SSM Health DePaul Hospital
• St. Louis Children's Hospital
• St. Louis Integrated Health Network
• St. Louis Regional Health Commission
• Sullivan County Memorial Hospital
• Tri-Rivers Family Planning Inc.
• Uzazi Village
• Washington County Memorial Hospital
• Wright Memorial Hospital

Patient advocacy

• American Cancer Society -- Cancer Action Network
• American Diabetes Association
• American Kidney Fund
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• NAMI St Louis
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Sickle Cell Association
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Kids Win Missouri
• Hemophilia Federation of America
• National Hemophilia Foundation
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Emergency medical services

• Adair County Ambulance District
• Ambulance District Association of Missouri
• Freeman Hospital Ambulance
• Lincoln County Ambulance District
• MARCER Mid America Regional Council- Emergency Rescue
• Marthasville Community Ambulance District
• Metro Emergency Transport System
• Mercy Hospital Ambulance
• Mid-Missouri Emergency Medical Services Administrators Coalition
• Missouri Ambulance Association
• Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association
• NTA Ambulance District
• Osage Ambulance District
• Oregon County Ambulance District
• Ripley County Ambulance District
• South Howell County Ambulance District
• South Scott County Ambulance District
• St. Francois County Ambulance District
• St. James Ambulance District
• Stoddard County Ambulance District
• Washington County Ambulance District

Business

• Douglas A. Freeman Consulting
• Grace Advertising and Consulting
• Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
• Independence Chamber of Commerce
• Integrity Consultants, L.L.C
• Kansas City Civic Council
• Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Reeg Lawyers, LLC
• St. Louis Regional Chamber
• Panettiere Public Affairs

Faith

• Balance Life Ministries
• Central Reform Congregation
• Compassionate St. Louis
• Cardinal Ritter Senior Services
• Catholic Charities of St. Louis
• Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri
• Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri
• Deaconess Nurses Ministry
• Galilee Missionary Baptist Church
• Grace Apostolic Family Worship Center
• Good Shepherd Children & Family Services
• God First Church
• Family of Love Divine Church
• Loretto Community
• Lutheran Church of the Living Christ
• Marygrove
• Metropolitan Congregations United
• Marillac Mission Fund
• Missouri Catholic Conference
• Missouri Faith Voices
• Missouri Missionary Baptist Convention
• MORE2
• NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
• Peace and Justice Commission - Archdiocese of St. Louis
• Peace United Church of Christ, Webster Groves
• Queen of Peace Center
• Saint Louis Counseling
• St. Francis Community Services
• St. Martha’s Hall
• St. Patrick Center
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City
• St. Francis Xavier College Church
• St. James United Methodist Church
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church
• The Church Universal
• The Voices of the Poor Committee of the Society of St. Vincent DePaul
• Trinity United Methodist Church
• Webster Groves Presbyterian Church
• 10th Episcopal Bishop of Missouri
• 8th Episcopal Bishop of West Missouri

Education

• KC AFT Retired Teachers
• Latinx Education Collaborative
• UMKC Black Student Union
• Washington University in St Louis

Labor

• AFL-CIO
• Coalition of Labor Union Women
• SEIU
• UAW Local 2250