Missouri has seen some of the nation’s biggest shifts in health coverage in recent years, driven by the Affordable Care Act, ...
Missouri’s Medicaid expansion has failed to deliver real access to care, leaving rural communities stranded by administrative barriers, hospital closures, staffing shortages, and persistent policy ...
Missouri must tie Medicaid dollars to measurable outcomes such as access, staffing and infrastructure. Without those guardrails, expansion remains a policy in name, not in practice (Thomas ...
Three Missouri plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Thursday to enforce Medicaid expansion in the state, according to a May 20 statement from The Fairness Project. The lawsuit comes after Missouri Gov. Mike ...
Despite Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon’s interest in expanding Medicaid under President Obama’s health care law, it appears Republicans in the state legislature have the votes and the will to ...
Missouri notified CMS it is formally withdrawing its planned Medicaid expansion, the state governor’s office said May 13. Missouri residents voted in favor of expanding the state’s Medicaid program ...
Missouri remains among the worst states for infant and maternal health, and looming Medicaid cuts could further endanger ...
Todd Richardson is no stranger to tough challenges. But in a wide-ranging interview with St. Louis Public Radio, Richardson said he doesn't shy away from difficult challenges or obstacles. In fact, he ...
MO Healthnet Division Director Todd Richardson will step down from his position leading the state’s Medicaid program at the end of October, according to a spokesperson for the Missouri Department of ...