by Mike Lear | Mar 24, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Work will continue on a House Republican proposal that would reform Medicaid and expand eligibility in Missouri, despite Senate Republicans reaffirming their opposition to Medicaid expansion. A House Committee will hold its third hearing on the proposal, HB 1901...
by Mike Lear | Mar 24, 2014 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
A House Committee will continue its hearings on a Republican proposal for reform and expansion of Medicaid Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. The Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability will hear Monday at 2 p.m. the portions of the legislation dealing...
by Mike Lear | Mar 11, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
A House Committee has held the first hearing of a Republican proposal for reform and expansion of Medicaid. The first of three planned hearings to pick apart the bill has focused on reform components. Drawing the most criticism on the day are the proposals of a...
by Mike Lear | Feb 19, 2014 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
A Republican plan for expansion and reform of Medicaid has been filed. Representative Noel Torpey (R-Independence) has filed the bill after chairing one of two House interim committees on Medicaid last summer. Torpey’s proposal takes a different approach from...
by Mike Lear | Nov 19, 2013 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
A meeting that had been planned for next week between Governor Jay Nixon and the members of the House and Senate interim committees on Medicaid reform has been canceled after disagreement arose on where and how it would be conducted. Governor Nixon issued an...
