Missouri’s Medicaid expansion has failed to deliver real access to care, leaving rural communities stranded by administrative barriers, hospital closures, staffing shortages, and persistent policy ...

Missouri must tie Medicaid dollars to measurable outcomes such as access, staffing and infrastructure. Without those guardrails, expansion remains a policy in name, not in practice (Thomas ...

Missouri has seen some of the nation’s biggest shifts in health coverage in recent years, driven by the Affordable Care Act, ...

Three Missouri plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Thursday to enforce Medicaid expansion in the state, according to a May 20 statement from The Fairness Project. The lawsuit comes after Missouri Gov. Mike ...

Missouri notified CMS it is formally withdrawing its planned Medicaid expansion, the state governor’s office said May 13. Missouri residents voted in favor of expanding the state’s Medicaid program ...

MO Healthnet Division Director Todd Richardson will step down from his position leading the state’s Medicaid program at the end of October, according to a spokesperson for the Missouri Department of ...

Todd Richardson is no stranger to tough challenges. But in a wide-ranging interview with St. Louis Public Radio, Richardson said he doesn't shy away from difficult challenges or obstacles. In fact, he ...

Missouri remains among the worst states for infant and maternal health, and looming Medicaid cuts could further endanger ...

Approximately 25 percent of individuals who have applied for Medicaid under Missouri's recent expansion have been enrolled. In less than a week since the Missouri Department of Social Services began ...

When examining the recent successes of the Affordable Care Act, many of which were outlined by President Barack Obama in a speech last week, it’s difficult to settle on the most important number: 8 ...

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announces his support for the expansion of Medicaid in Missouri during a press conference on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at the BJC Center for Outpatient Health in St. Louis.

A partisan battle over Medicaid expansion in the Missouri House Budget Committee ended Thursday with a vote against spending $1.9 billion to implement the medical program approved by voters in August.