Affordable Care Act

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks with reporters following Gov. Mike Parson's State of the State address.

Schmitt Reflects On First Year As Missouri Attorney General — And Charts Course For 2020

Jason Rosenbaum

Eric Schmitt was the first person in his immediate family to go to college — let alone get a law degree. So it’s not surprising that Schmitt said he…

Tim McBride is a professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and is co-director of the Center for Health Economics and Policy.

Health, Science & Environment

What You Need To Know As 2020 Affordable Care Act Deadline Approaches

Emily Woodbury

The deadline to enroll in a health care plan via the Affordable Care Act marketplace is Dec. 15. Are plans more or less affordable than in previous years?…

Missourians buying health insurance on the federal exchange likely won't see the sky-high rate increases that have becoming common in recent years in 2019. But experts say the marketplace's woes are far from over.

Health, Science & Environment

Experts Warn Of Rising Health Costs In Missouri Despite Lower ACA Premiums

Sarah Fentem

Missourians shopping for health insurance on the federal government’s online marketplace are likely to see slightly lower premium prices, but health…

Missouri resident Patricia Powers had no health insurance when she was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago; she and her disabled husband were struggling to get by on, at most, $1,500 a month. If they'd lived across the river in Illinois, she'd have been eligible for Medicaid.

State Border Splits Neighbors Into Medicaid Haves And Have-Nots

Laura Ungar

On the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, many families struggling financially can get health care, thanks to Medicaid expansion. Meanwhile, their neighbors on the Missouri side don't qualify.

Health, Science & Environment

Health Care: See Where The 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand

Danielle Kurtzleben

Parson Says ACA Waiver Task Force May Consider Expanding Medicaid

Jennifer Moore

Governor Mike Parson signed an executive order earlier this summer creating a task force to look into something that could bring big changes to how...

Health, Science & Environment

Commentary: Health-care reform can pay for itself in the long run

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 5, 2009 - The country is in the midst of an intense debate regarding whether the federal…

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri's stake in health-care debate

Robert Joiner

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 19, 2010 - -The largest percentage of Missourians with health insurance, either…

Keith Carter, 53, waits to pick up a prescription for diabetes at Affinia Healthcare in St. Louis. Though he falls in the income gap, he's able to get his preventive care covered through Gateway to Better Health.

Health, Science & Environment

Missouri Medicaid Expansion Likely Would Pay For Itself, Report Finds

Sarah Fentem

Missouri likely would not have to spend any additional money to expand Medicaid to insure more low-income people, according to a report from the…

Government, Politics & Issues

Koster's 'amicus' brief upholds health-care reform while challenging individual mandate

Jo Mannies

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 11, 2011 - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster appeared to have caught many current and…