Health Care

Health Care

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Legislature Squanders Health Care Opportunity

As has been discussed on this blog multiple times over the past few weeks, Missouri’s 2022 legislative session was largely a disappointing one. For me, the biggest letdown was the […]

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Missouri Missing Telemedicine Opportunity

Time’s running out on this year’s session, and Missouri’s legislature has yet to act to preserve key telemedicine reforms. A few months ago, I wrote about the regulatory and statutory […]

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Another Crack at Expansion?

Earlier this week, Missouri’s legislature moved one step closer to sending another question to Missouri voters regarding Medicaid expansion. This time though, the ballot question won’t be about expanding Medicaid […]

Podcast: Discount Drugs and a Broken Program with Bill Smith

Over the past decade, the revenue for hospitals generated by the federal 340B drug discount program, initially intended to serve low-income, uninsured populations, has exploded even while a number of […]

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Medicaid’s Volatile Upcoming Year

As Missouri’s legislators begin crafting next year’s budget, one of the biggest questions they’re facing is how much the state’s Medicaid program is going to cost. Because Missouri’s budget is […]

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