by Mike Lear | Nov 19, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
A meeting that had been planned for next week between Governor Jay Nixon and the members of the House and Senate interim committees on Medicaid reform has been canceled after disagreement arose on where and how it would be conducted. Governor Nixon issued an...
by Mike Lear | Nov 19, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The Chairman of House and Senate interim committees dealing with Medicaid reform say they will take Governor Jay Nixon up on his invitation to meet with them next week, but they want to do it on their own terms. Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City), before a...
by Mike Lear | Nov 18, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon says he thinks it is important he sit down with the House and Senate interim committees on Medicaid before the filing of legislation begins in two weeks. Nixon extended the invitation to the members of those committees to hold a joint session with...
by Mike Lear | Nov 14, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The work of the Senate Interim Committee on Medicaid Reform and Expansion has ended with its minority members breaking away to write their own report on its findings. This comes after the Republican majority led a vote to reject recommendations regarding eligibility...