health care

What most Missourians don't know about Hepatitis C, even when they're infected

Elana Gordon — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:21:20 +0000

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that only half of Americans identified as having had Hepatitis C ever follow-up with additional screening and treatment. But that’s only part of the problem, according to Bruce Burkett of the Missouri Hepatitis C Alliance. Nearly three in four people who have the disease don’t even know it.

Health care reform put on hold as lawmakers wrap up session

Jennifer Davidson — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:30:31 +0000

Rain is drizzling on the roughly 40 people standing in line outside the Good Samaritan Care Clinic in rural Mountain View, Missouri. Some have been standing for hours. At 5:30 pm, the clinic doors swing open, and the patients flood into a clean, bare bones waiting room.

Mo. House speaker urges birth control appeal

Associated Press — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:53:20 +0000

Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones wants the attorney general to appeal a judge's ruling striking down the state's contraception insurance exemption for people with moral objections.

St. Louis system will acquire Mexico hospital

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:14:55 +0000

A St. Louis-based health system says it will acquire the Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Mo.

Two separate Mo. House committees reject Medicaid expansion efforts

Marshall Griffin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:06:57 +0000

Medicaid expansion is dead for now in the Missouri House. Two separate House committees voted down efforts Monday to expand Medicaid to 259,000 Missourians next year and 41,000 more in later years.

Mo. hospitals provided $1.1B in uncompensated care

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:07:41 +0000

Missouri hospitals report providing a record $1.1 billion of uncompensated care to patients in 2011.

Judge hears lawsuit over Mo. health care measure

Associated Press — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:03:28 +0000

A Missouri judge is preparing to weigh arguments on the wording of a health care proposal on the state's November ballot.

Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and several top GOP lawmakers claim in a lawsuit that the ballot language written by Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan is misleading.

Hearings set in case over Mo. health care measure

Associated Press — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:46:51 +0000

A Missouri judge has scheduled two hearings this month on a challenge to the ballot language of a health care measure that goes before voters in November.

The lawsuit by Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder and several top GOP lawmakers contends the ballot summary is unfair and misleading. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, wrote the summary.

Online court records show Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green will hear arguments Friday and again on August 28th.

Families of children with Autism pay more for health care

Eric Hilt — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:46:19 +0000

A new study conducted by a University of Missouri faculty member found families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders are paying more for health care than families of children with other medical conditions. Assistant professor Nancy Cheak-Zamora says families are paying more for fewer services: “Most of the families, she says, "spent over one-thousand dollars or more just in out of pocket costs, which is significantly higher than other families.”

Talking Politics for February 28, 2012

Scott Kanowsky — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:32:23 +0000

This week on Talking Politics we sit down Columbia Rep. Chris Kelly, a longtime politico in Jefferson City, to discuss the implementation of a health care exchange in the Missouri.