by admin | Mar 28, 2001 | News
Work has begun on a new program to help Missouri’s elderly poor pay their drug bills. Lawmakers thought they had the right program when they passed a bill giving the low-income elderly tax credits on their pharmacy bills. But that turned into a budget buster,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2001 | Health / Medicine
House Republicans propose Missouri follow the lead of Vermont and ask permission from the federal government to allow all elderly Missourians living within three times the federal poverty level to qualify for the Medicaid drug rate. It would retain the current $200...
by admin | Feb 1, 2001 | Health / Medicine
The state legislature is looking at ways of making it easier for seniors to pay for their drug prescriptions. The Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare is mulling over a number of proposals, including one from Senator Marvin Singleton of Joplin, which would...
by admin | Sep 26, 2000 | Health / Medicine
State officials have killed plans for big increases in health insurance premiums for retired state employees. The move by the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan comes one day after the group OK’d monthly increases of 30% or more. The plan’s executive...
by admin | Sep 22, 2000 | Health / Medicine
The average employee of a nursing home in Missouri lasts three months. The state division of aging estimates 50,000 to 60,000 people work in nursing homes in Missouri. And turnover is a major problem. Division of Aging Director Dick Dunn says it’s a frustrating,...
