Medicaid expansion

Politically Speaking: Medicaid Expert Tim McBride On Dollars And Cents Of Expanding Health Care

Tim McBride is the latest guest on Politically Speaking. The Washington University professor talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Julie O’Donoghue and…

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.

Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, is a member of the six-person Conservative Caucus.

Government, Politics & Issues

Politically Speaking: Missouri Sen. Bill Eigel On What’s Next For The Conservative Caucus

Jason Rosenbaum

Sen. Bill Eigel is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where he talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum, Julie O’Donoghue and Jaclyn…

Missouri State Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, on May 17, 2019, in Jefferson City.

Government, Politics & Issues

Politically Speaking: Sen. Lincoln Hough Looks Ahead To The 2020 Missouri Legislative Session

Jason Rosenbaum

Sen. Lincoln Hough is the latest guest on the Politically Speaking podcast. The Springfield Republican talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason…

In his hospital room at Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville, patient Steven Glispie finishes signing the paperwork to enroll in Medicaid.

Health, Science & Environment

Missouri Doctors, Advocates Want Voters To Decide Whether To Expand Medicaid

Sarah Fentem

Proponents of a Medicaid expansion in Missouri want to allow voters to override the state's Republican leaders, who have refused to extend coverage to…

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...

A kit containing the opioid overdose antidote naloxone.

Health, Science & Environment

Missouri Drug Deaths Increase As National Numbers Fall For The First Time In Decades

Sarah Fentem

The number of drug-related deaths increased by 16% last year, as fatal overdoses declined by an estimated 5.1% nationwide, according to the Centers for…

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…

Speaking recently at Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, center, said he favored Medicaid reform rather than expansion. On his left is Truman CEO Charles Shields and on his right is Kansas City Mayor Sly James.

What Other States Can Teach Kansas And Missouri About Expanding Medicaid

Alex Smith

Health care advocates in Kansas and Missouri are hopeful that 2019 will be the year that hundreds of thousands of people can get health care coverage...

One of the first signs drivers see on the way into Unionville, Missouri, is this billboard advertising cardiology at Putnam County Memorial Hospital, a hospital in northern Missouri.

Health, Science & Environment

Missouri’s lack of Medicaid expansion could be ‘final straw’ for struggling hospitals

Sarah Fentem

Rural hospitals are more likely to close in states such as Missouri that have not expanded Medicaid.A recent report from the pro-Affordable Care Act…