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Missouri Health Insurance Cooperative Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Health Insurance Cooperative Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Health Insurance Cooperative Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure would establish the Missouri Health Insurance Cooperative (MHIC). Citizens of Missouri would be able to become members of MHIC. The program would be designed as revenue-neutral, with premiums and out-of-pocket fees set at levels to ensure that revenues are sufficient to cover all costs.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[2]
| “ | Shall Missouri law be amended to create a state-run health insurance cooperative provided through the Department of Health and Senior Services, allowing Missouri citizens the choice to participate in the state-run health cooperative that only provides coverage for treatment and procedures deemed medically necessary by the Department of Health and Senior Services; and with premiums and out-of-pocket maximums to be adjusted annually based on a participant's income?
The program is mandated to be revenue neutral. No costs or savings are expected for state and local governmental entities.[3] |
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Full text
The full text of the initiative is available for Petition 2018-150.
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 5 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 100,126. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.
Winston Apple proposed the initiative. The measure was approved for circulation on March 21, 2017.[1] Signatures were not filed for the initiative.
See also
- Missouri 2018 ballot measures
- 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Petition 2018-150," January 31, 2017
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed March 24, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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