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 11, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
The Majority Leader in the Senate says he doesn’t think legislation that expands Medicaid will get anywhere in his chamber in 2014. Senator Ron Richard (R-Joplin) says if it does, he wants tort reform with it. Richard tells Missourinet, “I don’t...
by Mike Lear | Nov 8, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
Some state lawmakers are balking at the concept of saving the state money to expand Medicaid by eliminating coverage for some children. Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) has outlined his idea to the House Interim Committee on Medicaid Transformation, which...
by Mike Lear | Nov 5, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon wants to meet with the members of House and Senate committees digging into Medicaid expansion and reform. The Governor says as the House and Senate interim committees on Medicaid reform and expansion wrap up their hearings, he wants to discuss with...
