Press Releases

Policies Enacted During Pandemic to Help Kids Access Health Care Should be Continued An estimated 6.5%, or 95,000, Missouri children were uninsured last year, a number that has increased by more than one third since 2016, according to a new report released by the Georgetown Read More

With your help, Missouri voters approved Medicaid expansion! After a decade, Missourians can finally reap the health and economic benefits of expansion. Finally, around 230,000 more Missourians will have access to health care services. Moreover, expansion will create jobs, boost Read More

The Senate Leadership COVID-19 relief plan unveiled yesterday doesn’t meet the needs of Missouri families and doesn’t address our unprecedented state fiscal crisis, which means it will make the recession longer and more painful, Amy Blouin, president and CEO of the Missouri Read More

For Immediate Release: May 5, 2020Contact: Traci Gleason Missouri Representatives are discussing legislation that would cut off access to healthcare while simultaneously costing the state more than $200 million in additional General Revenue. The advancement of this legislation is Read More

For Immediate Release: April 21, 2020 Contact: Traci Gleason Statement from Amy Blouin, President & CEO of Missouri Budget Project While the interim coronavirus relief package announced by Congressional leaders provides critical aid to small businesses and hospitals, it falls Read More

For Immediate Release: March 25, 2020Contact: Traci Gleason The Crisis We Face: How Missouri Can Respond to the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 New MBP Report Illustrates State Actions to Cushion the Blow for Families, Mitigate Economic Recovery It is critical for Missouri to act in Read More

For Immediate Release: December 11, 2019 Contact: Traci Gleason Missouri’s Young Children Rapidly Losing Health Coverage State’s High Uninsured Rate Threatens Young Children’s Healthy Development Missouri’s youngest children are losing health care coverage at an alarming rate, Read More

For Immediate Release: October 30, 2019 Georgetown University Report Finds Number of Uninsured Missouri Children Up Nearly 17 Percent Analysis shows Missouri losing significant ground in covering kids The number of uninsured children increased nationally by more than 400,000 Read More

For Immediate Release: June 20, 2019   MBP Urges Trump Administration to Reject Change That Would Undercut Safety Net Press Statement by Amy Blouin, President & CEO of the Missouri Budget Project   The Missouri Budget Project and more than forty organizations from across Read More

As our country prepares to honor our nation’s veterans, Empower Missouri and Missouri Budget Project are calling on Congress to support veterans by passing a farm bill that protects and strengthens the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps more than 37,000 Read More