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 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...
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 | Aug 8, 2013 | News
The larger of the two House Committees studying Medicaid expansion and reform has one hearing left. Representative Noel Torpey (R-Independence) chairs the committee made of up citizens and legislators studying Medicaid eligibility and reform issues. He says the...
by Mike Lear | May 20, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The discussion of the future of Medicaid in Missouri has likely not ended with the close of the legislative session. The General Assembly has approved legislation that would create at House-Senate Committee to study Medicaid reform in the interim. The idea was...
