It’s now a law in Missouri that, if you’re on Medicaid, and you miss your doctor’s appointment without notifying the doctor 24 hours in
Tag: Medicaid
New rules for Medicaid managed care: What do they mean for Missouri?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just released new rules, the first in over a decade, for Medicaid managed programs. These
Medicaid: A two-act morality play for Missouri voters
Millions of words have been written about Medicaid, and the failure to expand it, in Missouri. The words have fallen on deaf ears. Maybe
No excuses: Expand Medicaid
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch correctly identifies problems with the Missouri Medicaid program (“Medicaid missteps,” May 10). But citing the system as “broken” as a
ACA [Obamacare]: Doing well–and doing good–in states that expanded Medicaid
At the same time that private-insurance enrollment via healthcare.gov is experiencing technical difficulties, the other side of the Affordable Care Act—the side that makes
Why is Medicaid a state program?
We repeatedly hear that this state or that state is cutting back on Medicaid eligibility and benefits. For most progressives, it’s insulting. For anyone
Why “The Impossible” makes me think about healthcare
I went to see the movie The Impossible the other day and have since been thinking about how it relates to our situation here
Dear Governor Nixon: Extend Medicaid coverage in Missouri
Dear Governor Nixon: During the debate over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we learned many things as a country. Chief among them, in my
Why government should be—and is, quite effectively—involved in health care
What do conservatives mean when they say, “Government should be kept out of health care as much as possible?” as a Missouri State Representative
Taxpayer dollars enrich Medicaid cost-cutters
If there were any benefits to the sound and fury accompanying the recent controversy about the debt ceiling crisis, one of them was this: