missouri medicaid

In a wide-ranging interview with St. Louis Public Radio, MoHealthNet director Todd Richardson discussed some of the program's big challenges — including implementing work requirements.

Some policymakers and health advocates say Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could be “devastating” to thousands of Missourians who rely on Medicaid and live in rural communities.

Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.

More than 400,000 of the state’s nearly 1.4 million Medicaid recipients lost coverage after the close of the public health emergency. Almost half were children — one of the highest rates in the nation.

The rule, which will last for six months, was a result of ‘an immediate danger to the public health, safety or welfare of pregnant women in Missouri,’ according to the Department of Social Services

Policy experts say one way to help close the racial gap in maternal health outcomes is to ensure people on Medicaid don’t lose coverage two months after pregnancy.

In January, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced the state would expand dental benefits to an estimated 282,000 Medicaid recipients for the Fiscal Year…

Missouri Republicans have stuck to their commitment of not expanding Medicaid this session but some incremental changes to the system are moving…

When Amendment 5 was put before voters last August, 602,863 Missourians cast their ballots in favor of a measure aimed at bolstering the Show Me State’s...