A House Medicaid Committee will meet again once a draft of its report for the legislature is...
Work begins on draft report from House interim Medicaid committee
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Nixon meeting with legislative Medicaid committees canceled amid dispute
A meeting that had been planned for next week between Governor Jay Nixon and the members of the...
Legislative Medicaid Committee Chairmen respond to Nixon invitation to joint session
The Chairman of House and Senate interim committees dealing with Medicaid reform say they will...
Missouri Insurance Department reviewing Obama’s extension for those who’ve gotten cancellation notices from insurance providers (VIDEO)
Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill agree on one thing ... the problems with Obamacare and...
Subject of expansion divides Senate panel on Medicaid reform
The work of the Senate Interim Committee on Medicaid Reform and Expansion has ended with its...
Plan to save money on Medicaid expansion would mean reduced eligibility to children
Some state lawmakers are balking at the concept of saving the state money to expand Medicaid by...
MU expert: wait a few weeks to buy health care insurance
A University of Missouri health care expert recommends individuals wait a little while longer...
Missouri dairy recalls milk due to health concerns
500 gallons of skim milk have been recalled by Ozark Mountain Creamery in Mountain Grove, after...
Scientists find mutated genes related to 12 cancer types
Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine looking at 12 different types of cancer...
McCaskill deal to reopen government, avert default, will be ‘blueprint for the future’
The government shut-down looks to be lifting today. House Speaker John Boehner has said fighting...
House Medicaid Committee discusses mental health care
A House Committee working to create a plan for Missouri to expand and reform Medicaid spent much...
Stewart slams Missouri, makes an example of Sen. Lamping (VIDEO)
Comedian John Stewart takes on Texas, Mississippi, and Missouri for their failure to pass Medicaid...
Missouri 7th in nation in prescription overdose deaths (AUDIO)
A national study says Missouri has one of the nation's highest death rates from prescription drug...
Plenty of flu vaccine available
Now through mid-May is the flu season. The first vaccinations have been given, using some of about...
Wash U research team working to end river blindness in more than 30 countries
Washington University researchers are working to put an end to River Blindness, an illness caused...
Blunt: House GOP had no chance to stop ACA (AUDIO)
Senator Blunt says House Republicans had no chance of killing the Affordable Care Act. He won't...
Many don’t know about ACA
Missourians have started signing up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. ...
Study compares cost-effectiveness of two brain tumor treatments
A treatment for brain cancer in children that has been thought to be too expensive, isn't,...
Federal healthcare exchange, Obamacare, to cost Missourians ‘less than projected amount’
A new report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services finds that Missouri...
Hospital Association VP says defunding healthcare reform could hurt its members
The Missouri Hospital Association says if the federal healthcare reform law is defunded, it will...
MU professor: fetal alcohol spectrum disorder varies widely, urges women to avoid alcohol before and during pregnancy (AUDIO)
A University of Missouri Professor says women trying to get pregnant should avoid alcohol, and...
Discovery could lead to way to curb spread of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s diseases
Research at Washington University in St. Louis could lead to a way to stop the spread of diseases...
Medicaid reform committee hears push for electronic records, telehealth (AUDIO)
A national leader in healthcare information technology urges Missouri lawmakers to understand...
Researchers say MRI scans effective in catching early Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis say they have found another way to detect...
Rural advocacy group says outstate hospitals in crisis
People in urban areas can usually count on an ambulance to show up quickly, in case of a heart...
Woman with Alzheimer’s goes missing in St. Louis area
Deborah Lynn Rawlings, 60, is missing, according to a press release sent out by The Alzheimer's...
Medicaid expansion advocate argues for reform, too (AUDIO)
An advocate for Medicaid expansion argues for an overhaul of the health delivery system at the...
Study says smoking bans don’t hurt bars, restaurants (AUDIO)
A new study suggests a statewide law banning smoking in public places would not harm the...
Students leaving home for college reminded to consider health needs
A University of Missouri student health expert says often overlooked when students prepare to...
CDC sees decline in some preschool obesity (AUDIO)
The Centers for Disease Control say Missouri is a national leader in the declining rate of obesity...