Columbia School District Should Abandon Frivolous Lawsuit
To date, Columbia Public Schools has spent roughly $82,000 on the “adequacy” lawsuit, despite the fact it is a no-win...
Mommy Missouri
Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, spoke this month before the Missouri House of Representatives’...
Women’s Health in Missouri
An article in the Post-Dispatch today reports that the National Women’s Law Center and Oregon Health Sciences University have given...
‘Insure Missouri’ Strays From Path to Free-Market Reform
The ink is barely dry on HB 818, an innovative free-market health care reform bill that encourages individual responsibility and...
What Should We Do About Uninsured Kids?
A letter in the Springfield News-Leader complains about the number of uninsured children in Missouri: The SCHIP program provided health...
Gov. Blunt Did the Right Thing
A letter to the editor in yesterday’s Columbia Tribune claims Gov. Blunt needs to repent for cutting Medicaid: With a...
Surpluses + Legislature = A Bad Mix
According to Gov. Blunt’s budget office, the state of Missouri now has an extra $320 million in the state treasury,...
Reform is On Its Way!
In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today, an article discusses MO HealthNet, which Gov. Matt Blunt signed into law yesterday. The...
MO HealthNet could save money!
An article in MissouriNet today discusses the new MO HealthNet plan and the challenges it still faces: MO Health Net,...
Orphan Disease Legislation
There’s good news and bad news in a bill that just passed the Legislature: A key change is notifying physicians...
Eye Exams for Everyone
The state of Missouri may soon require comprehensive eye exams for all students entering kindergarten or first grade: Parents without...
Health Insurance for High-Risk Patients
Missouri legislators want to expand the state’s high risk health insurance pool: The bill makes it easier to get into...
Homer Tourkakis: Victim of Eminent Domain Abuse
In January of 2004, the city of Arnold unveiled a plan to re-develop a large chunk of Arnold commonly...
Tax Hike is Unfair to Smokers
A group calling itself the Coalition for a Healthy Future has a suggestion to help the poor pay for medical...
