Could Direct Primary Care Be An Answer to Post-Obamacare Access Problems?
Even after Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the Show-Me Institute continued to point out the problems that...
“That’s Crazy!”: Consumer Reports Video Highlights Health Care Billing Problems
If you ever wondered what it would be like to pay for pizza the way most Americans pay for health...
Michael Cannon on the Future of Medicine: “So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades”
Earlier this year the Show-Me Institute had the pleasure of hosting Michael Cannon, the director of health policy studies at...
Department Testimony Confirms: One-in-Seven Missourians on Medicaid
Ronald Reagan once said that Americans "should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."...
IRS Obamacare Ruling Buffets Some Missouri Graduate Students
College towns are typically bastions of liberalism, and Missouri’s uber-college town of Columbia is no exception. Columbia Tribune reporter Rudi Keller even...
Tax Man Cometh: Obamacare Subsidies Pose Risk for Millions of Tax Filers
Millions of Americans buying insurance in the Obamacare marketplaces could be in for a rude awakening when 2016 rolls around....
Pew: Medicaid Taking “Growing Slice of States’ Dollars”
Last week we wrote about how Medicaid costs and enrollment have exploded under Obamacare, driving home yet again the need for...
Charity Clinic Coming to St. Louis Area Next Month
Over the past few years we have talked a lot about the Volunteer Health Services Act (VHSA), which allows out-of-state medical professionals...
Post-Obamcare Medicaid Enrollment Far Outpacing State Projections
When Congress passed and the president signed the Affordable Care Act, supporters of the law were adamant that Obamcare would...
Supreme Court Rules Against King v. Burwell Plaintiffs
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal subsidies may continue to flow to insurance plans sold in federal insurance exchanges,...
Are Work Requirements and Premiums On the Horizon for Medicaid’s Able-Bodied?
Two years ago, I wrote about a variety of ways Missouri could reform its Medicaid program. From health savings accounts...
White House Report Is the Same Tired Medicaid Message, but Newly Packaged
Last week the White House released a report titled, “Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid.”...
Beware Medicaid Expansion, Even If It Is Billed as Reform
As first appearing in the Columbia Missourian: “Beware the Greeks bearing gifts” is one of the better-known sayings in...
Passed: Direct Care Bill Moves On to the Governor
On Tuesday, the Missouri Senate passed HB 769, which protects medical retainer agreements, or “direct care,” from undue regulatory interference from the...
Obamacare Expanders’ Emergency Room Claims: Still False
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion have claimed for many years that implementing Obamacare would reduce emergency room visits....
What Does It Mean to “Have Health Care”?
This question has come into sharp focus just five years after the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) passage. Does it mean having...
Mark Your Calendars, Kansas City and St. Louis: Michael Cannon is Coming to Town
Michael Cannon is the director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute and is one of the most prominent figures...
Florida Story Shows Risk of Conflating Medicaid Waivers With “Block Grants”
Earlier this week I was asked by the Kansas City Star for my thoughts on a Medicaid expansion proposal being marketed...
Show-Me Now! Wrapping Up Obamacare?
What does the pending U.S. Supreme Court case King v. Burwell mean for Missouri? Director of Government Accountability Patrick Ishmael...
Proposed Senate Bill Would End Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Nationwide
Last month, a trio of U.S. senators released their version of an Obamacare replacement bill, which they called the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and...
