by admin | Jun 20, 2013 | News
The House Speaker wants your help in finalizing the membership of a committee that will weigh what the future of Medicaid in Missouri should be. Representative Tim Jones (R-Eureka) has announced two new groups to consider Medicaid reform and/or expansion. One of...
by admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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,...