JEFFERSON CITY — Republican opposition in the state Senate has dimmed hopes that Missouri will expand Medicaid this year to cover the working poor But agreements are percolating on what might be called Medicaid Expansion Lite. In the most far-reaching move, next year’s state operating budget almost certainly will restore limited dental coverage for 300,000 […]
A Republican House member has filed a bill to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program, but the bill has a new twist. To be eligible, working-age Medicaid recipients would have to have jobs, said the sponsor, Rep. Noel Torpey, R-Independence. Some participants also would have to pay monthly premiums. “I’m sure there’s stuff that needs to be […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — Cathy Hattey, 59, a former factory worker from Warsaw, Mo., isn’t pinning her hopes for affordable health insurance on the online marketplace that opens Oct. 1. Though the insurance exchange is supposed to bring down costs for people without job-sponsored coverage, it won’t help Hattey and an estimated 226,525 other uninsured Missourians. […]
JEFFERSON CITY — Advocates for uninsured people are worried a bill signed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday could throw a wrench into implementing the upcoming health insurance marketplace. The new state law requires insurance counselors – known as navigators — get state licenses before they begin helping consumers shop for health plans on the […]