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Missouri’s Uninsured Population by County
More than 800,000 Missourians are living without health insurance right now and – contrary to conventional wisdom – most of them live in rural parts of the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published...
View ArticleWhy Invest Now?
We need to transform and expand Medicaid in Missouri. In this tough economy, more Missourians than ever are out of jobs and many are single parents making barely enough to survive, let alone support a...
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Medicaid transformation = choices for rural Missouri
Check out the Alliance’s new Facebook ad, “Who are you going to call?” If something goes wrong in the tree stand this fall, who are you going to call if the local ER isn’t there anymore? FACT: 1 in 3...
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Why does Medicaid matter for rural Missouri?
Far too many Missourians lack health insurance and the fact is, many of them live in rural areas. For instance, McDonald county in southwest Missouri has the highest percentage of uninsured people in...
View Article“Rate Shock” Reversal: Insurance Premiums to be Lower Than Expected
Consumers “will indeed be shocked – by how affordable health insurance is about to become” Jefferson City, Mo. – The following is comment from Andrea Routh, Executive Director of the Missouri Health...
View ArticleOpen for Business: Health Insurance Marketplaces
Consumers to find insurance more affordable than ever before Jefferson City, Mo. – The private health insurance marketplaces established in each state under the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) are...
View ArticleHow are the marketplaces doing so far?
As expected, the launch of open enrollment for the new health insurance marketplaces has gotten off to a rollicking start. So many people were shopping for private insurance this morning that the...
View ArticleSW Mo. State Rep.: “We Must Expand Medicaid”
Rep. Norr (D-Springfield) penned a great piece for the Springfield News-Leader today. Whether you were in favor of the new health care law or not, to me, there is one thing that stands out. Thousands...
View ArticleKSHB News: Insurance counselor describes ACA sign up as “very easy”
Despite overwhelming demand creating difficulties in the HealthCare.gov health insurance exchange website, there are in fact three other ways to submit applications: by phone, mailing in a paper...
View ArticleSorting out why insurers cancel policies
The Alliance’s good friend Wendell Potter is back at it with a great piece exposing the myths behind the canceled insurance plans. It’s worth reading in full.
View ArticleState of the State Response
The following is the response of Andrea Routh to Governor Nixon’s State of the State address: Governor Nixon was once again right to focus his State of the State message on the importance of expanding...
View ArticleStudy: Failure to Expand Medicaid Will Cost Missouri Dollars and Lives
Legislators “not just putting political concerns ahead of our economy, they’re also endangering the lives of Missourians who would gain coverage” Jefferson City, Mo. – A new study by Harvard...
View ArticleTurning the Corner
Things are looking up when it comes to enrollment in the ACA’s health insurance marketplaces. According to the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, The Obama administration has beaten a monthly health insurance...
View ArticleLatino Outreach Stepped Up As ACA Open-Enrollment Deadline Nears
Important information on Latino outreach, from Public News Service: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – With just about six weeks to go in the open-enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, the push is on to...
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Human Dignity and Missouri’s Medicaid Decision
The Missouri Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s Catholic bishops, has joined the effort to expand Medicaid in Missouri.
View ArticleMissouri needs Medicaid expansion
A new video from the Missouri Hospital Association makes a strong case for Medicaid expansion. No mother should have to choose between her kids and the breast cancer treatment she needs.
View ArticleKC Star: Study says workers in Missouri would benefit most
It’s not the unemployed who would benefit the most if Missouri expanded its Medicaid program through the Affordable Care Act. It’s the cooks and waitresses, cashiers and cab drivers, housekeepers and...
View ArticlePolitico.com: Dem trio stuck in Medicaid morass
By Kyle Cheney and Jennifer Haberkorn All 21 of the nation’s Democratic governors support Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid, and, for the most part, they got it done — even when the odds were against...
View ArticleHuffPost: Mercy Health Blames Lack Of Medicaid Expansion In Plan To Lay Off...
The costs of failing to expand Medicaid in Missouri continue to pile up. Mercy Health, the sixth-largest Catholic health care system in the U.S., last week announced plans to lay off approximately 200...
View ArticleRecord Settlement Highlights State’s Lack of Rate Review Authority
…Anthem to return $7.8 million to Missouri consumers for “unfair and inequitable” practices… Jefferson City, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Insurance announced yesterday that it had reached a...
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