Affordable Care Act

Sidney Watson, the Jane and Bruce Robert Professor at Saint Louis University’s Health Law Policy Center

Behind the Headlines – We discuss the 2018 Affordable Care Act premiums

Lara Hamdan

On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, Don Marsh talked with Saint Louis University health law professor Sidney Watson about the just released 2018 premiums…

Health, Science & Environment

‘A time of chaos’: Open enrollment for HealthCare.gov begins November 1 amid ‘daily confusion’

Alex Heuer

It’s difficult to keep track of day-to-day news about what’s happening with the Affordable Care Act.What do President Donald Trump’s executive actions do?…

On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., cast late night votes for and against the most recent health care bill making rounds on Capitol Hill.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri, Illinois senators call for compromise after latest effort to repeal health care law fails

Jo Mannies

After another Republican Senate loss early Friday, Missouri and Illinois senators are calling for a return to bipartisan talks to overhaul the nation’s…

Lacy Seward, social services coordinator for the Monroe City Manor. Medicaid cuts proposed by Senate Republicans could hit hard in this small town, that helped vote them into office.

Health, Science & Environment

Small Missouri town went for Trump, now some fear health care overhaul

MONROE CITY, MO. — The closest emergency room is 20 miles east on the highway. That’s why it isn’t unusual for people experiencing heart attacks, blood…

For sickle cell patients, opioids are often the only pain relief. But growing rates of addiction among the general public mean emergency room doctors are more cautious than ever in prescribing those powerful medications, causing challenges.

Health, Science & Environment

Anthem asks Missourians to think twice before going to the emergency room

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, one of Missouri’s largest insurers, no longer covers emergency room visits that it deems unnecessary.The policy aims to…

Centene Corp. will begin selling health plans next year on the Affordable Care Act marketplace in all 25 western Missouri counties that had been left without an insurer.

Centene To Enter Missouri Counties Left ‘Bare’ By Blue KC’s Decision To Exit ACA Marketplace

Dan Margolies

Centene Corp. will step into the breach created by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City’s decision last month to exit the Affordable Care Act...

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act rallied in front of the White House in late February 2017

Health, Science & Environment

CHART: CBO weighs who wins, who loses with Senate health care bill

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office weighed in on the Senate health care bill on Monday, saying that 22 million people would lose health coverage…

Health, Science & Environment

Republicans have a plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. How does that affect your family?

Updated June 27 with a new timeline:Republicans in the U.S. Senate said Tuesday they would delay a vote to pass their plan to replace the Affordable Care…

Health, Science & Environment

18,000 could lose health coverage in Missouri’s ‘bare counties,’ as state faces tough choices

Brent Jones

Next year, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City will leave the individual health care marketplace in Missouri that was set up under the Affordable Care…

As Other Insurers Flee, Centene To Enter ACA Exchanges In Kansas And Missouri

Dan Margolies

Three weeks after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City said it will pull out of the Affordable Care Act exchange in 2018, Centene Corp. says it...