The governor also reiterated that he would make his position on the
expansion of casino gambling in New York known in January (when the new session and budget season both start), but added that regions shouldn't include gaming as
forgone conclusion in their job creating
plans.
Also on the Medicaid front, Missouri's 2017 budget bill moves to end the state's Medicaid family
planning expansion program,
forgoing the federal support it provides — $ 9 for every state dollar spent, approximately $ 8.3 million in Missouri — and instead funding its family
planning initiative entirely with state dollars.4 State legislators assert that
forgoing federal dollars would give them the latitude to ban
Planned Parenthood from participating.