Medicaid Reform Has Three Goals

Medicaid reform tops the agenda of many this legislative session. Governor Blunt is weighing 14 recommendations made by the Departments of Social Services, Health and Mental Health. Interim State Medical Services Director Steve Renne says they boil down to three...

Attorney General Sues Owner of Group Home

The state is suing the owner and operator of the group home in Anderson where ten people were killed in a fire last month. The Attorney General says Joplin River of Life Ministries has been secretly run by a man forbidden from being involved in such enterprises....

Lt. Gov. Kinder Pushes MO Rx Program

Lt. Governer Peter Kinder says it’s simple and easy… and it saves Medicare recipients money. Kinder is traveling the state urging those eligible to sign up for the state’s prescription drug program during open enrollment which began the first of this month. He hopes...

Missouri RX Program Expanding

A prescription drug program for poor senior citizens and the disabled is expanding. It’s called the Missouri RX program, which replaced the Senior RX program when Medicare Part D began about 160,000 are served now. Lt. Governor Peter Kinder says the program will...