by admin | 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 admin | Dec 31, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon has stressed some of the ideas Republicans have pushed for reforming Medicaid in renewing his call for expansion of the program’s eligibility using federal money. Nixon says 4.4 million Americans with jobs but no health insurance coverage will...
by admin | Nov 20, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
A House Medicaid Committee will meet again once a draft of its report for the legislature is ready. Unlike most committees, Chairman Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) says the report the House Interim Committee on Medicaid Transformation will issue won’t have...
by admin | Nov 19, 2013 | Health / Medicine, 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...
by admin | 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...
