1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (1360+ words) Missouri’s Medicaid program is heading into its hardest budget years in at least a decade. A federal law passed by Congress last year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, threatens more than $1 billion in penalties unless the state lowers its…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (594+ words) seMissourian Smith: Stopping fraud to save Medicare Rep. Jason Smith details Medicare fraud draining $60B a year, from sham hospices to fake home health aides, and outlines actions with Trump to protect taxpayers. Medicare was created as a promise to every…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (707+ words) NEW YORK — Lately, Priscilla Brown has had to choose between properly managing her Type 2 diabetes and affording other necessities, such as gas in her car. Some days, she takes half or a third of her prescribed insulin dose — just to…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (627+ words) Citing a looming national health care crisis, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) announced Wednesday proposed legislation that aims to expand tax relief on medical expenses. The legislation, dubbed “The No Taxes on Healthcare Act”, would, according to Hawley’s new release: allow…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (693+ words) The Missouri Farm Bureau is preparing to launch health care plans for its members, following a law passed in July in the Missouri Legislature. Though not technically insurance — it will not be regulated nor will it cover everyone as the…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1783+ words) Until last year, Roberta Ross-Fisher had never been in a hospital except to visit friends and family. The self-employed higher education consultant from Franklin County was so diligent about cleaning her teeth that she had a gum graft several years…...

9+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1175+ words) One family in Virginia Beach, Virginia, just found out their health plan’s deductible will jump from $800 to $20,000 next year. About 200 miles north, in Maryland, another household learned they’ll pay $500 more monthly to insure their brood in 2026. And thousands of people…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (608+ words) Missouri’s biggest individual insurer must rebate almost $90 million to policyholders because it spent too little on care and too much on administration. Ambetter from Home State Health, a subsidiary of Clayton-based Centene Corporation, is mailing checks totaling $87.5 million to customers…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (487+ words) As more hospitals have gobbled up private physician practices, costs for childbirth and other services have gone up, according to a new study. Since the early aughts, the share of physicians in the United States working for hospitals has nearly…...