Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A Missouri Medicaid application WASHINGTON — The tax and spending bill the U.S. House approved last week targets a strategy ...

Lucas said the strain on rural hospitals could be catastrophic if these Medicaid funding cuts come to fruition. More people in rural Missouri communities are proportionally enrolled in Medicaid ...

About 20 percent of people in Cole County are enrolled in Medicaid, according to Missouri Health Matters, an advocacy branch of the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA). Across the state ...

was among the House members, including two Republicans, who voted against the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which strips millions of dollars from Missouri Medicaid and will likely leave ...

According to the Missouri congressmen, one in five Missourians, including 660,000 children, 109,000 seniors, and 186,000 people with disabilities, rely on Medicaid for health coverage.

House candidates with nontraditional backgrounds could give both Democrats and Republicans a boost in the 2026 midterm ...

In 2024, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure ... and in past years they tried to block voter-approved Medicaid expansions. The measure will not specifically mention repealing Amendment ...

“Our year-round population is small ... Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Susan Collins of Maine, echo points that the bill’s cuts to Medicaid will negatively affect rural hospitals ...

Cancel anytime. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley speaks to reporters after arriving to the Missouri GOP Get Out to Vote tour stop on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield.

Takeaways In an effort to trim a multibillion dollar deficit, Missouri lawmakers made cuts to the state’s Medicaid program by reducing eligibility and cutting benefits in 2005. The move ...

While estimates vary and the legislation has changed substantially in the last two weeks, the consequences for Medicaid — the nation’s health coverage program for low-income residents ...