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

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 ...

The plan would worsen a growing Medicaid crisis that's swallowed numerous nursing homes around Missouri, according to health care experts. The bill's tax provisions would increase federal deficits ...

Sandra Smith and her daughter, Sarah Smith, rely on Medicaid to pay for a nurse to come to their home in Crestwood, Missouri, 13 hours a day because Sarah needs round-the-clock care. CRESTWOOD, Mo. — ...

Congressional Republicans are looking to cut at least $880 billion from a pool of federal funding that includes Medicaid ... needs round-the-clock care at her home in Crestwood, Missouri ...

If proposed cuts to the federal budget come to fruition, Missouri could lose more than $2 billion from its budget. Potential federal cuts to Medicaid at the federal level could plunge Missouri’s ...

Now, as the senior senator representing Missouri, Hawley finds himself in the unlikely position of defending Medicaid as his fellow Republicans scour for $880 billion to help extend President ...

Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid and food assistance could cost Missouri more than 20,000 jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue. The cuts could also result in a $2 billion hole in the ...

Thousands of children who lost coverage are likely still eligible for Medicaid. Nearly 200,000 Missouri children lost their Medicaid coverage between June 2023 and May 2024, according to a recent ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed a bill Thursday that kicks Planned Parenthood in the state off Medicaid funding. The bill, which is expected to go into effect later this year, makes it ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s backlog of Medicaid applications dropped in February, but the average time it took to determine eligibility for them continued to exceed the federal limit.

this time weeks after the Missouri Supreme Court thwarted a previous attempt to end that funding. The Republican-led House on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would bar Medicaid ...