by Mike Lear | Jun 18, 2013 | News
Two Committees will be announced by the House Speaker this week that will look at Medicaid reform and expansion. The larger of the two will be made up of a mix of representatives and individuals from the private sector that will travel the state and gather information...
by Mike Lear | Apr 25, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
A contract between the Department of Social Services that came under fire from House Republicans has been restructured. The contract with Boston-based Public Consulting Group outlined how it would look for people receiving state assistance that could be shifted to...
by Mike Lear | Feb 22, 2012 | News
The Nixon Administration has laid out its ideas for filling in the $460 million dollar hole in the fiscal year 2013 budget to the House Budget Committee. The gap in the budget had been $500 million but a recent mortgage settlement secured by the Attorney...
by [email protected] | Jan 24, 2010 | Health / Medicine
Governor Nixon recommends a 120-million dollar funding cut for the Medicaid program. But the administration thinks the cuts will be mostly painless. More than half of the cuts will come through better service reviews and in reductions in payments to providers,...
by admin | Nov 9, 2009 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
A health care overhaul has passed the House in Washington without much help from Missouri’s Congressional delegation. Democratic leaders in the House were able to convince enough reluctant Democrats to vote in favor of the measure to squeeze out a 220-215 vote and...
