medicaid

The Missouri Senate has defeated an attempt to expand Medicaid eligibility to several hundred thousand lower-income adults.The 23-9 vote Wednesday…

Missouri has received the names of more than 25,000 people determined to be potentially eligible for Medicaid through the federal government's online…

Retired U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., is jumping into the Jefferson City debate over Medicaid expansion – and he’s on the side of Gov. Jay…

The Senate chairman of a Missouri Medicaid study panel has introduced a plan to revamp the health care program without expanding it.Republican Sen. Gary…

The state of Missouri recovered more than $47 million in fraudulent claims made by Medicaid providers in 2013.That's about an average year for Attorney…

Missouri lawmakers open their annual session Wednesday with some different priorities than those of Gov. Jay Nixon.Republican legislators plan to pursue…

Regional news coverage from the KBAI newsroom, including: Lawmakers mull changes to governor's budget powerNixon pushes for Medicaid expansion in…

Gov. Jay Nixon is closing out the year by asking state legislators once again to pass a bill expanding Missouri’s Medicaid coverage for lower-income…

Gov. Jay Nixon has selected the chief medical officer for the Missouri Department of Mental Health to lead the state's Medicaid health care program.Joe…

Some doctors are proposing to make Missouri's Medicaid program a little more like a health club.A proposal outlined Tuesday to a House Medicaid committee…