by Marshall Griffin | Mar 6, 2024 | News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri House has passed legislation that would block state Medicaid funding to abortion providers and their affiliates. House Bill 2634 does not mention any specific providers but is believed to target Planned Parenthood, which has operated abortion clinics in...
by Anthony Morabith | Feb 9, 2024 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The state senate debated a bill that would stop state fund from going to Planned Parenthood or other abortion providers in Missouri. The proposal to deny reimbursements from MO HealthNet comes while money stopped going to Planned Parenthood about two years ago. Rep....
by Anthony Morabith | Dec 11, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri is working to make its Medicaid program sustainable after voters approved the expansion of the government healthcare program. The 2020 campaign added roughly another 230,000 low-income adults to the program. During a state budget subcommittee hearing, Todd...
by Anthony Morabith | Oct 13, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News
Medicare and Medicaid have approved a new test for two blood cancers that was developed by Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Richard Cote at the School of Medicine said the test advances precision, or personalized, medicine for blood cancer treatment by...
by [email protected] | Mar 27, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News
The State will begin the annual renewal process on April 1 for the roughly 1.4 million Missourians currently enrolled in Medicaid to ensure they still qualify. Alisa Nelson talks to Kim Evans, Missouri’s Family Support Division Director, to share with Missourians what...