Healthcare sales tax isn’t off the table in Missouri Amendment 5 proposal

By: Bram Sable-Smith

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: July 15, 2026

Words: 1,044

Last Updated: 6 days, 18 hours ago

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ST. LOUIS — Missouri healthcare advocate Leslie Ortbals and her husband want to start a family, but she worries they can’t afford it. The 27-year-old said she takes 10 medications daily to manage multiple chronic illnesses.

Now she worries the cost of those drugs could rise — not because of price increases, but because of a tax system revamp put on the ballot by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature and backed by the Republican governor.

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