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Not only is it the right thing to do for so many who lack access to health care, but I can’t think of anything that could more quickly transform the economic outlook of St. Louis, its surrounding counties and the state of Missouri, writes David Perlmutter.

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and Saint Louis University President Fred Pestello co-author an op-ed in the St. Louis American about the importance of expanding Medicaid. The issue is before voters in the Aug. 4 election.

Kathleen Clark, professor of law

Voting yes on Amendment 2 brings federal dollars back to Missouri to serve the people who deserve them. That means 230,000 hard-working people – including 36,000 Black Missourians – will have access to health care they currently cannot afford. We owe it to them to bridge this unethical gap by making sure our voices are heard, writes Andrew Martin.

Steven Fazzari, the Bert A. and Jeanette L. Lynch Distinguished Professor of Economics

Jeffrey Gordon, MD, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor

Rachel M. Presti, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine

Patrick Rishe, director, Sports Business Program and professor of practice in sports business

Jacob Lulewicz, lecturer in archaeology

Cecelia L. Calhoun, MD, at the School of Medicine, co-writes an op-ed published in USA Today about how Black medical students and health-care workers can change the health-care system to end racial disparities in medicine.