Nixon Rallies with Supporters to Push Medicaid Expansion « CBS St. Louis

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Rallying with one of the largest crowds of the year at the Missouri Capitol, Gov. Jay Nixon urged activists on Tuesday to implore reluctant Republican lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of lower-income adults.

The Democratic governor headlined a nearly hour-long pep rally that his administration says drew more than 1,000 people to the Capitol a crowd so large that some state employees were asked to park their vehicles elsewhere Tuesday to make way for the busloads of rally participants. The event featured business leaders, doctors, pastors and police officers, all lending their support to the Medicaid expansion called for under President Barack Obama’s health care law.