medicaid expansion

A Missouri House committee heard testimony Monday on efforts to shift state welfare recipients onto federal disability. The Department of Social Services

A crowd estimated at more than 1,000 crammed into the Rotunda of the Missouri Capitol Tuesday to hear Governor Jay Nixon (D) call for expanding Medicaid to

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In his proposed budget, President Barack Obama wants to delay cuts to federal payments to hospitals, keeping the payments intact for an extra year. That…

The uphill congressional battle to expand Medicaid in Missouri is making rural hospitals that serve areas with high poverty levels really, really nervous.…

Governor Jay Nixon says he could support the House Republicans’ alternate Medicaid proposal, but only if some crucial changes are made. He met with the…

If Missouri expands Medicaid health coverage for lower-income adults, could it create a crisis for public schools?If Missouri fails to expand Medicaid,…

The Missouri House has passed a nearly $25 billion budget that would fund modest increases for public education, but not the Medicaid expansion sought by…

Missouri’s Republican-led House on Tuesday struck down Democrats’ attempts to include Medicaid expansion in the state’s budget.If that scenario sounds…

The Missouri House has rejected another Democratic effort to add a Medicaid expansion to the state budget.The House opened debate Tuesday on the state's…