The Hidden Cost of Medicaid
Medicaid continues to consume a greater portion of Missouri’s budget, and the costs may be even higher than advertised. As...
Surprising Change in Medicaid Enrollment
Medicaid enrollment was down 0.6 percent nationwide in 2018, but in Missouri it decreased at a much higher rate of...
End the Cronyism: Repeal Certificate of Need in Missouri
The dance card for health care reforms in Missouri is starting to fill up. Last week the state released a...
State of the State Highlights Show-Me Research
In Governor Parson’s State of the State address last week, he touched on many topics that Show-Me Institute analysts have...
Opportunities for Medicaid Reform
Last month the voters in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah approved ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid, reigniting discussions regarding the prospect...
Crosby Kemper III Discusses Pre-K Funding on KCPT’s Ruckus
On Thursday, December 20, the Show-Me Institute’s Crosby Kemper III appeared on KCPT’s Ruckus to urge caution before expanding Kansas City’s early...
Medicaid Is Stifling Economic Growth in Missouri
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Medicaid costs in Missouri are expected to increase drastically again next year....
Map: Medicaid Spending and Enrollment by County in 2016
Recently, Patrick Ishmael, Show-Me’s Director of Government Accountability, pointed out that Medicaid spending is increasing in Missouri at an alarming...
Yes, the Cost of Medicaid Has Exploded
This week the St. Louis Post-Dispatch penned an article about whether the cost of Missouri’s Medicaid program has “exploded.” The paper...
In Arkansas, 80,000 Ineligible Medicaid Recipients Removed from Rolls
Since as far back as 2015, we have talked about the idea of performing regular audits of the state’s Medicaid...
Is Amazon Getting into the Pharmacy Business? Let’s Hope So
Competition and supply are good things, and as we’ve said before, health care needs more of both. Innovations along those...
Obamacare’s Total Eclipse of Bad Policy
On Monday, much of Missouri experienced a complete solar eclipse, the last of its kind in the state until 2024,...
House Vote The First of Many Important Health Care Milestones
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended draft of the American Health Care Act, described by Congressional leaders...
The Supreme Court Can Put a Nail in the Anti-Catholic Coffin
This week, the United States Supreme Court will hear a case out of our own backyard that wrestles with a...
Don’t Count Health Care Chickens Before They’ve Hatched
I raise chickens. No, I don’t own a farm, but for the four hens that live in my backyard, it...
“Right to Shop” Idea Promotes Health Care Shopping
Opportunities for health care reform these days seem nearly boundless. Over the last few years Missouri has led the country...
Medicaid Waiver Request A Great Idea
Although much of the legislative air has been consumed by Right to Work in the last few weeks, two other...
Listen Up, Missouri Lawmakers: Here Are Seven Resolutions for 2017
Oh, Missouri lawmakers, it is me, the Ghost of a Christmas Yet-to-Come, who whispers in your ear this wintry night....
The Wrong Kind of Bet with the Wrong Kind of Money
A group of local businesspeople (SC STL) is trying to lure a Major League Soccer (MLS) team to the Gateway...
Public Welfare Spending Growth
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, public welfare and healthcare state spending have become the largest contributors to...
