Missouri State Health Insurance Cooperative Initiative (2020)
| Missouri State Health Insurance Cooperative Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri State Health Insurance Cooperative Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have created the Missouri Health Insurance Cooperative (MHIC), which would have provided healthcare to citizens who become members of the cooperative. The ballot measure would have designed the MHIC to be revenue-neutral, with membership dues and out-of-pocket expenses covering the cooperative's costs. The membership dues would have been a percentage of a member's annual gross income.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
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Do you want to amend Missouri law 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 membership dues (premiums) and out-of-pocket maximums to be adjusted annually based on a participant's income? State governmental entities expect no costs from this proposal and may have savings of an unknown amount if some state employees switch health care coverage to this new health insurance plan. Local governmental entities expect no costs from this proposal and expect savings of an unknown amount.[2] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available for Initiative 2020-96 and Initiative 2020-141.
Path to the ballot
Process in Missouri
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election in six of the eight state congressional districts. Signatures must be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 100,126 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures were collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 3, 2020.
Once the signatures have been filed with the secretary of state, the secretary copies the petition sheets and transmits them to county election authorities for verification. The secretary of state may choose whether the signatures are to be verified by a 5 percent random sample or full verification. If the random sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If more than 110 percent, the initiative is certified, and, if less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Stages of this initiative
Winston Apple filed the ballot initiative on June 27, 2019. On August 5, 2019, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) approved the initiative for signature gathering. A second version was filed on November 13, 209, which was approved for signature gathering on December 31, 2019. Petitioners did not submit signatures by the May 3 deadline.[1]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "2020 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed August 6, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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