Affordable Care Act

The sun sets on the Pemiscot County Hospital in Hayti, Missouri.

For Rural Hospitals Already on the Brink, GOP’s Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Hit Hard

Bram Sable-Smith

For the hundreds of rural hospitals struggling to stay in business, health policy decisions made in Washington D.C. this summer could make survival a...

David Mueller, 31, picks up his three-year-old daughter Marjorie from daycare on May 4, 2017. She has a rare form of cystic fibrosis, and Mueller worries the Republican health plan will affect the family's ability to pay for her care.

Health, Science & Environment

As Senate mulls a health care overhaul, area patients take stock of what coverage changes could mean

A Republican proposal to gut the Affordable Care Act narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now the U.S. Senate is crafting its own bill to…

Barb Fleming of Bel-Nor enrolled in Missouri's high-risk pool after a breast cancer diagnosis in 2008. Today, she pays much less for a plan through the Affordable Care Act.

Health, Science & Environment

Former patients wary as Republicans tout risk pools in new health plan

Barb Fleming had built a small business selling tableware and wedding gifts. But that career nearly came crashing down around her in 2008, when her doctor…

Government, Politics & Issues

McCaskill seeks way to cover about 40 Missouri counties that may lose individual ACA insurers

Jo Mannies

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said Thursday she thinks it’s important for Congress to “repair, not repeal” the federal Affordable Care Act, which she says is…

Government, Politics & Issues

US Sen. Blunt softens stance on repealing health-care law after years of condemnation

Jo Mannies

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt for years wasn’t shy about his disdain for the Affordable Care Act, condemning it on the Senate floor, in town hall meetings and…

Why We Leave Out Teeth: America’s Broken Oral Health System

Bram Sable-Smith

In the current debates over health care, one topic rarely gets mentioned: dental health benefits. That’s because dental health has historically been...

"I know there's got to be more people out there than just me who cannot get health care," Corla Morgan says while sitting at her sister's dining room table in Higbee, Mo.

In Republican States Like Missouri, Medicaid Expansion Still Faces Stiff Opposition

Bram Sable-Smith

Six years ago, 53-year-old Corla Morgan noticed blisters forming on her neck and back. “I couldn’t sleep because when I took my shirt off, if my shirt...

Tax season is underway. So is a program that helps low- to moderate-income St. Louis families prepare their taxes for free.

Health, Science & Environment

Despite flux in federal health law, experts say file your taxes normally

Here’s something that may need to be clarified this tax season. Despite the ongoing debate in Washington over a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the…

Health, Science & Environment

Legal Roundtable: Discussing the proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act

Kelly Moffitt

On Monday, St. Louis on the Air’s monthly legal roundtable returned to address pressing issues of the law with a panel of local legal experts. This…

Van Tyler checks a list of names and addresses while delivering meals in Jennings for the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging in June, 2016.

Health, Science & Environment

GOP’s American Health Care Act doesn’t account for aging population, providers say

States with rapidly aging populations, like Missouri, are seeing increased costs to Medicaid programs that cover low-income residents.But the Republicans'…