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EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION - CENTENE CORPexhibit322q42017.htm
EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION - CENTENE CORPexhibit321q42017.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION - CENTENE CORPexhibit312q42017.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION - CENTENE CORPexhibit311q42017.htm
EX-21 - LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES - CENTENE CORPexhibit21q42017.htm
EX-12.1 - RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - CENTENE CORPexhibit121q42017.htm
EX-10.24A - CREDIT AGREEMENT - CENTENE CORPexhibit1024aq42017.htm
EX-10.6 - DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN - CENTENE CORPexhibit106q42017.htm
10-K - FORM 10-K - CENTENE CORPform10-k.htm


Exhibit 23


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Board of Directors
Centene Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S‑8 (Nos. 333-210376, 333‑197737, 333‑180976, 333-108467, 333‑90976, 333‑83190, and 333-217634) and in the registration statements on Form S‑3 (Nos. 333‑209252 and 333-217636) of Centene Corporation of our reports, dated February 20, 2018, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Centene Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive earnings, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, which reports appear in the December 31, 2017 annual report on Form 10‑K of Centene Corporation.
/s/ KPMG LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
February 20, 2018