Todd Richardson is no stranger to tough challenges. But in a wide-ranging interview with St. Louis Public Radio, Richardson said he doesn't shy away from difficult challenges or obstacles. In fact, he ...

Medicaid cuts in Congress would force all states into difficult corners. But Missouri’s situation would be genuinely strange. Because, after all of those years spent resisting Medicaid expansion, ...

Missouri is delaying a long-promised overhaul of its computer systems for social safety net programs. The delay is due to new federal deadlines and requirements mandated by Congress. Advocates say the ...

The prospect of sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid is alarming to some Missourians who remember the last time the public medical insurance program for those with low incomes or disabilities was pressed ...

Boonville, Missouri's Pinnacle Regional Hospital closed suddenly in 2020. It's one of nine hospital closures in rural Missouri over the last decade. President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts ...

MO HealthNet covers more than 1.3 million, or one in five people in the state, across different eligibility groups. The majority of Missouri's Medicaid funding, including almost all of its expansion ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted her to make an excruciating choice — to give up guardianship ...

Republicans on Capitol Hill are eager to find ways to pay for extending tax cuts enacted during Trump’s first term in office, and Medicaid — funded jointly by the federal government and the states — ...

*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 ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- The latest discussions on a proposed expansion to Buchanan County's juvenile justice building are centered around Medicaid. States have not been able to draw from ...

Health experts in Missouri and Kansas warn that the consequences of deep cuts to Medicaid will reverberate throughout both states' health care systems for years to come. The megabill recently passed ...