Elana Gordon
Elana Gordon covers the health beat at KCUR. She was previously a production assistant for KCURâ
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Physicians Assistants, or PAs, may soon have more opportunities to practice in Missouri. A bill headed to the Governor’s desk would provide more…
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When Regina Holliday’s husband, Frederick Allen Holliday II, went to the hospital in 2009, he was already at the end stages of kidney cancer.The next two…
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A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law that directly challenges the so-called contraceptive mandate under the federal health law. The result of…
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Efforts to establish a prescription drug monitoring program in Missouri are making a comeback this year. But there’s a twist: the main opponent of…
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The presence of fast food joints on hospital campuses often conflicts with wellness efforts. Long-term leases have made it difficult for these facilities to kick the restaurants out. But some hospitals are managing to give burgers and fries the boot.
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Immediately after last week's election, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced the state would not be setting up its own health insurance exchange. Next door in Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback announced that Kansas will have no involvement in running a state exchange either. The moves open the door for increased federal involvement in health care in staunchly Republican territory.
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The federal government will set up and manage a health exchange in Missouri. An exchange is an online marketplace where individuals and small businesses…
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In recent years, there has been a concerted push at the local and national levels to make healthy food more widely available, particularly in low-income…
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A ballot measure that would raise Missouri’s cigarette tax is starting to catch fire.Leaders of the effort to raise the state’s tobacco tax are making…
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The Missouri Department of Insurance has issued its largest penalty to date, to health insurance company, Aetna. The state’s insurance director, John…