health care exchange

Mo. Gov. Nixon open to Medicaid alternative

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:09:15 +0000

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is continuing to push for a Medicaid expansion, but he's open to alternatives that could use federal money to buy private insurance for lower-income adults.

Appeal looks unlikely in health care ballot wording case

Associated Press — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:47:04 +0000

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster apparently has decided not to appeal a judge's decision rewriting the summary that voters will see for a ballot measure on health insurance exchanges.

Mo. Gov. takes no stance on health care exchange

Tim Lloyd — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:35:58 +0000

The idea of a health care exchange in Missouri continues to be a political sticking point between Republicans and Democrats. And Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has yet to take a stance on the issue.

The day after Republican Lt. Governor Peter Kinder filed a lawsuit that alleges the wording for a healthcare exchange ballot initiative is misleading; Governor Jay Nixon did his best to sidestep the issue.

Lt. Gov. Kinder challenging Mo. ballot summary

Associated Press — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:00:27 +0000

Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is filing a lawsuit to challenge the ballot summary for a measure restricting the creation of a state health insurance exchange without specific approval from lawmakers or voters.

MO Lt. Gov. to challenge health care ballot language

Elana Gordon — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:57:39 +0000

Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder is once again filing suit against a health care measure. He and some other Republican lawmakers have announced plans to challenge the secretary of state’s office on newly issued ballot language for a health care measure that’s slated to appear on the November ballot.

Mo. lawmakers hit homestretch in final minutes of 2012 session

Marshall Griffin — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:44:46 +0000

Missouri lawmakers continue debating bills in the closing minutes of the 2012 regular session.

Among the bills passed so far today is one that would require legislative approval before a health care exchange can be created in Missouri. State Rep. Ryan Silvey (R, Kansas City) accused Governor Jay Nixon (D) of trying last year to create an exchange via executive order.

Republicans block $27 million in grant for health care exchange

KCUR — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:38:10 +0000

The use of twenty seven million dollars in federal funds to help create a health insurance exchange in Missouri has come to a complete halt.

By Elana Gordon, KCUR.

Newscast for December 6, 2011

Ryan Schmidt — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:42:07 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

Missouri legislatures question proposed statewide health care exchange
Columbia City Council approves gender protection ordinance
The season's first snowfall causes problems for mid-Missouri drivers
UM Board of Curators continues search for next UM System president

Senators Get an Earful on Health Reform

Jacob Fenston — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:06:54 +0000

Missouri state senators listened to over 3 hours of impassioned testimony on health care reform yesterday. The hearing was supposed to be on the rather mundane question of whether Missouri should set up an online health care exchange starting in 2014, or let the federal government do so. But the hearing quickly became a forum for debating the merits of health reform itself. After the jump, two interviews with senators on the committee: a Democrat representing one of the state's most liberal districts, and a Republican who has been at the forefront of Missouri's pushback against "Obamacare."

Political Points vs. Sound Policy?

Jacob Fenston — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:12:21 +0000

Republican lawmakers in red states are in a pickle. The Affordable Care Act requires each state to set up a health care exchange designed to bring down insurance costs for consumers. Republicans want no part of anything related to Obama's health care reform law, which they see as a federal intrusion on states rights. But if state lawmakers don't set up an exchange, the federal government will. In September, Republican senators in Missouri prevented the state from accepting $21 million of federal money to lay the groundwork for an exchange. Next door, the Sunflower State is in a similar quandary, reports Bryan Thompson of Kansas Public Radio.