Health Care

More than 850,000 Missourians are uninsured, according to census data released this week – more than twice as many as a decade ago.  To learn more about trends in Missouri health insurance coverage, click here. Read More

Premiums in the federal high risk pool intended to insure Missourians with pre-existing conditions were lowered by 23 percent on August 1. To read the details, click here. Read More

Maintenance of effort provisions, which stabilize funding for health care services, serve an important role in maintaining the provision of adequate health care and important economic activity that is critical to economic recovery. As states struggle to balance constinuing budget Read More

The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires an annual review of premium rates for fully insured health care plans. Greater public transparency concerning costs and revenue will enable consumers to make better insurance choices and strengthen the state’s Read More

The Department of Insurance is making changes to remove barriers to enrolling Missourians in its Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan.  To read our policy brief explaining these changes, click here.  Read More

Many Missourians want to know how the Governor would trim $67 million from Medicaid in FY 2012 without cutting eligibility.  To learn more about the sources of the savings, click here. Read More

One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act passed last year is to strengthen protection for consumers and to assure a good value for their health dollar.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued regulations requiring insurers to spend a certain percentage of Read More

Expanding Medicaid in 2014 is a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. The state will need to make many choices, working carefully and collaboratively to assure that the provisions of Medicaid work effectively for those it is insure. Click here to read a guest-authored Read More

Resolving concern about the burden of paperwork for small businesses could undermine the positive impact of health care reform by raising insurance premiums, increasing the number of uninsured and eliminating preventive health funding.  To read how these seemingly unrelated Read More

The Disability Coalition on Healthcare Reform and the Federation of Missouri Advocates for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services commissioned a report on the risks of Medicaid Managed Care for people with a disability and seniors.  Click here to read the full report, Read More