Opposition to HMO reform heightened

Business groups are stepping up their campaign against the patients’ bill of rights approved by the US House. The Norwood-Dingell Bill is stalled in the Senate. Jim Stutz is with the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition. He claims the Norwood-Dingell Bill...

HMO reform tour visits Missouri

A national move to push for a federal patient’s bill of rights has made a stop in Missouri. “Families USA” sponsors the Patients’ Rights Tour which features an ambulance that displays a digital counter, supposedly recording the number of...

Ashcroft backs HMO compromise

A big shift in Senator John Ashcroft’s stance on managed health care. He’s telling reporters he thinks new HMO legislation should allow patients to sue their managed care organizations. Until this week, Ashcroft had backed a republican-backed HMO plan that...

State employees to pay for coverage

The Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan that covers state workers has announced it will charge state workers for the first time, proposing a fee of at least $120/year for basic health coverage. Executive director of the plan, Ron Meyer, acknowledges Missouri...

Troy nurse seeing stars

As if introducing the President weren’t enough, a nurse practitioner from Troy is getting a second dose of fame. Doug Bouldin, a nurse at Lincoln County Memorial Hospital, appeared with President Clinton last month. Now he’s been drafted to speak at the...