by Mike Lear | Apr 3, 2014 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
A former Miss America hopes this is the year Missouri passes legislation to require health insurance plans to cover the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders. Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund has visited the Missouri Capitol once again, urging state lawmakers...
by Mike Lear | Sep 16, 2013 | Legislature, News
The sponsor of a Republican proposal last session to reform and expand Medicaid is nearly ready to unveil a first draft of the new version of that bill. Last session Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) proposed an overhaul to expand Medicaid eligibility for...
by Mike Lear | Jul 12, 2012 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have blocked mandatory insurance coverage for for abortion, contraception or sterilization for those who have moral, religious or ethical objections to those procedures. It would also prevent employees or employers...
by [email protected] | Feb 7, 2010 | Business, Legislature
A proposal to penalize drivers without car insurance even if they do not cause a wreck collides with skeptics at the capitol. The proposal says that an uninsured motorist who is hurt in a crash with a driver who HAS insurance cannot sue the insured motorist for...
by admin | Feb 5, 2009 | News
Some Missourians have learned too late that a Medicare supplemental plan they have bought is not a supplement at all. The legislature is being asked to pass a law keeping agents from misleading Medicare recipients about what they’re being sold. So here’s a...
