by Mike Lear | Oct 15, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
A House Committee working to create a plan for Missouri to expand and reform Medicaid spent much of its latest hearing talking about mental health. Chairman Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) says the testimony of mental health professionals shows the state can save money...
by Mike Lear | May 8, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon says the recommendation by a House-Senate budget conference committee that the budget for the Division of Motor Vehicles within the Department of Revenue be cut by a third is “unprecedented,” and endangers the state’s fiscal...
by Mike Lear | Jan 30, 2013 | News
House Republican Budget Leaders say they will begin work on the next state spending plan without including about $164 million dollars found in the Governor’s budget proposal. Of that, $46 million is projected new tax revenue and savings resulting from Medicaid...
by Mike Lear | Jan 22, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
Among both those for and those against new gun control measures are those who say the quality of mental health care must also be considered when discussing violence prevention. By several accounts, the system in the state of Missouri is under funded, but there is...
by Mike Lear | Mar 22, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The House is anticipated to vote today to send the Senate a $24 billion spending plan that does not include funding for the Blind Medical Subsidy Fund. The $28 million fund was eliminated and the money used to help restore the $106 million dollar cut to higher...
