Affordable Care Act

Missouri’s participation in a federal Medicaid expansion would be an economic boon for the state and even pay for itself, according to a new report…

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill says there will be a political price to pay for state legislators who allow the federal government to run the state’s health…

A new report says Missouri's Medicaid costs could rise by 6.6 percent over 10 years if the state fully implements the federal health care law.But the…

The federal government will set up and manage a health exchange in Missouri. An exchange is an online marketplace where individuals and small businesses…

Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder has lost another round in his battle against President Obama’s federal health care law. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the Republican Lt. Governor has no legal standing to file suit because the Affordable Care Act poses no immediate threat to Kinder’s legally protected interests. He filed suit two years ago as an individual, not in his official capacity as Lt. Governor. The three-judge panel’s ruling did not address the constitutionality of the federal health care law, most of which was upheld last year in a 5-4 ruling by the U-S Supreme Court. In a statement, Kinder says the battle’s not over yet, and that he’s “studying other options to fight Obamacare.” Kinder is seeking a third term in office as Missouri Lt. Governor. His challengers: former State Auditor and state Democratic Party Chair Susan Montee (D), former Republican State House member Cynthia Davis, now with the Constitution Party, and Libertarian Party nominee Matthew Copple.

College of the Ozarks filed a lawsuit today against the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, arguing that the so-called…

When the US Supreme Court upheld the federal health care law in June, it ruled that states couldn’t be penalized for failing to expand their Medicaid…

Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill that would have exempted religious organizations from covering contraception under their health insurance plans, if…

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted today to repeal the federal health care law. The House has voted more than 30 times to repeal or…

In Missouri, an estimated 835,000 people don't have health insurance – that's about 14 percent of the state's population. But in the next couple of years,…