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Posts Tagged ‘Medicaid Expansion’

Kansas’ Unrivaled Rural Hospital Crisis: 58% at Risk of Closing, 82% Lost Money on Patient Care

By | December 12, 2023 | 0
Gov. Laura Kelly, left, listens to a discussion about the advantage of expanding eligibility for Medicaid to lower-income Kansans as 40 states have done since 2014, including Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma.

Financial weaknesses at four of every five rural Kansas hospitals provide leverage to Medicaid expansion advocates seeking $680 million annually.

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Missouri Ponders the Power of the People

By | September 15, 2022 | 0
man with hat and glasses holds up papers.

Missourians are able to directly effect change on the state by the ballot initiative process.

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Parson Signs $4.6B Spending Plan, House Approves Bill Targeting Medicaid Expansion

By | February 25, 2022 | 0
House Budget Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage.

The first bill sent to Gov. Mike Parson from this year’s legislative session includes a pay raise for state employees, money to fund Medicaid through the end of the fiscal year and federal COVID-19 recovery funding for schools.

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Lawmakers Say Special Session Likely Unneeded to Fund Missouri Medicaid Expansion

By | August 11, 2021 | 0
Demonstrators stand outside of the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City on July 1, 2021 and hold signs urging Gov. Mike Parson to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

Legislative leaders of both parties say that a special session is probably not needed to appropriate additional funds following a court order to begin covering Missourians who are eligible under voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

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