by Mike Lear | May 2, 2013 | News
The sponsor of a Medicaid reform proposal in the House says it wouldn’t get past the Senate this year, but what he calls his “mini-Medicaid” bill has reached the Senate. Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) brought up his Medicaid...
by Mike Lear | Apr 30, 2013 | News
House Democrats have made another attempt to get federal money for Medicaid built into the state budget. Representative Jeff Roorda (D-Barnhart) offered a motion that would have allowed the House-Senate budget conference committee to consider adopting Medicaid...
by Mike Lear | Apr 16, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon says he was focused on security and privacy when he made the decision to have the Department of Revenue stop scanning qualification certificates for concealed carry endorsements. When pressed for details on related issues, however, Nixon became...
by Mike Lear | Mar 15, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The leaders of the Republican majorities in the legislature say they will hold their positions on Medicaid expansion when the session resumes in ten days. Republicans in both chambers have voted down several attempts to accept more than $800 million dollars to expand...
by Mike Lear | Mar 13, 2013 | News
The House Appropriations Committee has passed a proposed $24.7 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, and it does not include Medicaid eligibility expansion. The Committee rejected two amendments that would have reinserted federal dollars and projected...
