Health Care

Health Care

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Judge Strikes Down Medicaid Expansion

Last week, Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem struck down Medicaid expansion, ruling that the initiative approved by voters last August violated Missouri’s constitution. Beetem’s decision was in response to […]

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Time Running Out to Protect Telemedicine

One of the few bright spots from the past year was the removal of various barriers that were needlessly restricting access to telemedicine services. Unfortunately for Missouri, unless there’s action […]

State and Local Government

SMI Podcast: The Session Ends, Mayor Jones Vetoes and KC Makes a $43 Million Change to Police Budget

Susan Pendergrass, Patrick Ishmael and David Stokes discuss the end of the Missouri legislative session, the “pass it now, fix it later” approach of some policymakers, Mayor Jones’ approach to […]

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Missouri’s Health Facilities Review Committee Shouldn’t Exist

With all the drama of the past year of pandemic policymaking, one of the health care-related policy reforms that didn’t get a great deal of attention in Missouri was the […]

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Is Medicaid Expansion Going to Court?

Missouri will not be implementing Medicaid expansion on July 1st, and the question of when it eventually happens, or if it happens at all, appears destined for the courts. In […]

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