Medicaid

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2025Contact: Traci Gleason U.S. House Sets Stage for Largest Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP in Programs’ History  House-passed budget reconciliation bill would put health coverage and food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians on the chopping Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives is barreling forward to meet its self-imposed deadline of voting this week on legislation that would enact the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in the history of the programs. The cuts would strip health coverage and food assistance away from Read More

Work requirements impose administrative barriers and red tape that cause people to lose their coverage – including those who are supposed to be exempt from the requirements in the first place. Read More

Congress is currently considering a federal budget plan that would significantly cut funding for health care, food assistance, and other vital programs. If enacted, these cuts would represent an unprecedented cost shift to states, at a time when Missouri’s budget outlook is Read More

For Immediate Release: April 10, 2025Contact: Traci Gleason Federal Budget Plans Would Cost Missouri, Force Massive Cuts to Health Care, Food Security, Local ServicesWith national economy skidding, Congressional proposals would pass the buck to Missouri lawmakers to make dire Read More

Medicaid (MO HealthNet) is a popular health insurance program that allows Missouri children, adults, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities to get the health care they need, so their families and communities can be productive and healthy. It offers comprehensive Read More

An Overview of MO HealthNet & the Children’s Health Insurance Program Background Medicaid is a health insurance program that provides medical coverage for children and adults with low-incomes, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities so they can get and stay Read More

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, an omnibus federal appropriations bill that became law in December 2022, contains many critical provisions related to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). A summary of these provisions is below. Initiates Read More