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Missouri House proposes putting telehealth allowances into law
The state House has again proposed allowing more medical care to be conducted remotely. The...
Missouri Senate budget demands reductions in Medicaid spending by next week
The state Senate's budget director wants the Department of Health to find ways to save money on...
Missouri House proposes first use of constitutional power to overturn Governor’s budget restrictions
The state House has for the first time voted to overturn budget restrictions made by Governor Jay...
Missouri Sen. McCaskill back in Washington D.C. after cancer treatment
Missouri's senior senator is back in Washington D.C. three weeks after announcing she's being...
Missouri House gives initial approval to prescription drug monitoring program
The state House has given initial approval to a program to track prescription drugs, but the...
Dissolution of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services proposed again
A state representative has again proposed dissolving the Department of Health and Senior Services...
Bill aimed at preventing shock-drownings in Missouri refiled
The state legislature is being asked again this year to require changes aimed at preventing...
Missouri Governor’s veto would allow health worker wage hike, override likely
Governor Nixon has vetoed a legislative resolution that would block a wage increase for home...
Missouri House votes to allow pharmacists to sell overdose fighting drug
The state House has approved a bill meant to help save the lives of individuals who have overdosed...
Missouri House passes bill to battle medical students’ suicide, depression
A bill that seeks to promote awareness and research on mental illness among medical students has...
U.S. Senate hearing on prescription drug tracking to be held in Jefferson City
Senator Claire McCaskill (D) will hold a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday in Jefferson City on the fact...
Politico: Missouri drops in rank among states
Reported, compiled by Jared Rogers-Martin The online magazine Politico released its annual “state...
Missouri amnesty program will bring in $35-million in back taxes
Missouri is projected to take in less than hoped in back taxes from the amnesty period that ended...
Missouri Senator Blunt blames Affordable Care Act for projected Medicare premium increases
Medicare Part B premiums are expected to increase by more than 50% next year, unless Congress...
Missouri high court to consider timing as a factor in wrongful death liability
The state Supreme Court is being asked today whether a northeast Missouri doctor is liable in the...
Study finds misuse of opioid painkillers soars in Missouri
Research has found that hospital treatment for those misusing opioid prescription painkillers,...
Missouri Senator: not enough being done to remove social security numbers from Medicare cards
Earlier this year, Congress passed legislation to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Koster criticizes ‘assault’ on Missouri stem cell research, group says it’s misrepresented
A contentious issue from 2006 has re-emerged in Missouri, ahead of next year’s election....
Annual USDA report on hunger gives Missouri a poor ranking
The US Department of Agriculture says Missouri has the second highest percentage in the nation of...
Bill meant to prevent shock-drowning in Missouri to be back in 2016
A bill that sought to make the Lake of the Ozarks safer for swimmers saw little attention in the...
Proposed Missouri ban of powdered alcohol will be back in 2016
The effort to ban powdered alcohol in Missouri has not ended. Word last year that a company was...
Outgoing, incoming directors on mental health in Missouri (VIDEO)
The Missouri Department of Mental Health has a new director this month. Keith Schafer retired at...
Dismissal of Missouri lawmaker’s suit over contraceptive mandate overturned
An appeals court panel's decision that an individual has the right to challenge the Affordable...
Discovery at the University of Missouri could lead to better HIV treatments
Scientists at the University of Missouri are celebrating a discovery made during their study of...
Law requires meningitis vaccinations for students of Missouri colleges
Students at Missouri colleges must now be vaccinated for meningitis under a state law that took...
Missouri bill to better cover eating disorder treatment becomes law
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has signed into law a bill to require insurance companies to consider the...
Missouri House panel hears testimony on move to statewide managed care
A house committee is laying the ground work to move the state’s Medicaid recipients to privatized...
Missouri’s heavy rains wash bacteria into recreational waterways
Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer and many people are ready to go swimming,...
New state psychiatric hospital officially under construction
The building of a new state psychiatric hospital in Fulton is now underway. Governor Jay Nixon...