insurance

Health care reform put on hold as lawmakers wrap up session

Jennifer Davidson — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:30:31 +0000

Rain is drizzling on the roughly 40 people standing in line outside the Good Samaritan Care Clinic in rural Mountain View, Missouri. Some have been standing for hours. At 5:30 pm, the clinic doors swing open, and the patients flood into a clean, bare bones waiting room.

What Medicaid expansion would mean for Missouri

Rehman Tungekar — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:41:51 +0000

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State fines Aetna over autism, abortion coverage violations

Elana Gordon — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:12:27 +0000

The Missouri Department of Insurance has issued its largest penalty to date, to health insurance company, Aetna.

Report: new federal health care law could cover two thirds of Mo. uninsured

VÃ©ronique LaCapra — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:36:52 +0000

A new report by the Missouri Foundation for Health estimates that about two-thirds of Missouri's more than 800,000 uninsured could get health insurance under the federal health care law - and the county-level data suggest that rural counties will benefit the most.

The analysis uses census data to project how the number of uninsured could change in every county in Missouri under the Affordable Care Act.

The Missouri Foundation for Health's Ryan Barker says most of Missouri's newly-insured will be from

Missouri insurance group foresees premium increases

Micah Smith — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:20:16 +0000

Recent natural disasters will affect more than just those Missourians living in disaster areas.

Missouri audit criticizes state-created insurance firm

Associated Press — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:49:45 +0000

A report by the Missouri auditor says a state-created workers' compensation company has enjoyed a competitive advantage while functioning in a best-of-both-worlds situation.

Senate committee approves employer contraception insurance bill

Marshall Griffin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:01:13 +0000

Legislation that would allow employers to block insurance coverage for birth control, abortions and sterilizations, all for religious reasons, has passed a Missouri Senate committee.

Newscast for January 24, 2012

Scott Kanowsky — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:13:24 +0000

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

Missouri tries to refinance more than a half billion dollars of debt as part of Gov. Jay Nixon's plan to balance the state budget
Missouri General Assembly weighs changes to workplace discrimination laws
Freshman Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler could face a challenger from her Missouri hometown