Missouri must tie Medicaid dollars to measurable outcomes such as access, staffing and infrastructure. Without those guardrails, expansion remains a policy in name, not in practice (Thomas ...

Missouri’s Medicaid expansion has failed to deliver real access to care, leaving rural communities stranded by administrative barriers, hospital closures, staffing shortages, and persistent policy ...

Missouri notified CMS it is formally withdrawing its planned Medicaid expansion, the state governor’s office said May 13. Missouri residents voted in favor of expanding the state’s Medicaid program ...

Despite Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon’s interest in expanding Medicaid under President Obama’s health care law, it appears Republicans in the state legislature have the votes and the will to ...

MO Healthnet Division Director Todd Richardson will step down from his position leading the state’s Medicaid program at the end of October, according to a spokesperson for the Missouri Department of ...

Wearing her heart sunglasses, Alicia Hernandez, center, joins around 150 people at a Missouri Jobs with Justice and partners press event and rally “to remind leaders that Medicaid expansion is a ...

Todd Richardson is no stranger to tough challenges. But in a wide-ranging interview with St. Louis Public Radio, Richardson said he doesn't shy away from difficult challenges or obstacles. In fact, he ...

Voters expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2020 to reduce the number of uninsured adults, stabilize hospitals and bring more federal tax dollars back into the state’s health system. At the time expansion ...

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) announced last week the state planned to expand the Medicaid program, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will provide healthcare coverage to an ...