The states have been studying how to support their aging populations, but now critical federal funds won’t be available to ...

Kevin Wehner has been there for Missourians as they have dealt with unanswered questions, long wait times and the confusion ...

This summer, President Donald Trump has begun to chisel back Medicaid and food stamps. On a July day in 1965, President ...

President Donald Trump’s new budget package cuts funding for programs like Medicaid and SNAP through work requirements.

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, argued forcefully against Medicaid cuts, calling it "morally wrong and politically suicidal" to make changes that the Congressional Budget Office now says ...

SNAP-Ed reached 1 million Missouri residents annually. "I have worked with this for program for 27 years and it has been in Missouri since the fall of 1993, so 32 years. The impact is far reaching.

Let’s start with Medicaid. Missouri voters expanded it in 2020, and more than 300,000 residents have gained coverage since then. But the new law imposes work requirements for adults age 19 to 64 ...

Four rural Missouri hospitals are at risk of closure due to financial strain and high Medicaid payer mixes. The Sheps Center at UNC identified these hospitals based on negative margins and ...

Wearing her heart sunglasses, Alicia Hernandez, center, joins around 150 people at a Missouri Jobs with Justice and partners press event and rally “to remind leaders that Medicaid Expansion is a ...

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 that Bond's lobbying firm has been hired to lobby his fellow Republicans in the Legislature to support Medicaid expansion.

Trump administration backs cuts Even if Congress did undo those provisions, key members of Trump's administration have been critical of states that utilize provider taxes. Centers for Medicare & ...

Missouri has a long history of struggling to process MO HealthNet applications in a timely manner. As states prepare for new federal work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP, advocates worry about what ...