Legislation dealing with universal access to health care gets about an hour or so of debate in the Senate and then is put aside with no action having been taken.
Senator Joan Bray (D-St. Louis) sponsors SB 18 , which would create a Universal Health Assurance Commission to allow for the study of proposals that would lead to a universal health care system in Missouri.
The bill would also increase the income limit for eligibility for MO HealthNet services for the elderly and disabled from 85 percent to 100 percent of the federal poverty level. It would also expand health care for uninsured children by expanding eligibility levels.
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