Category: Access to Care
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Medicaid Expansion: Seven things the public should know about the evidence
In 2012, the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act but made Medicaid expansion optional for states. This resulted in a…
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The Deep Divide: State Borders Create Medicaid Haves And Have-Nots
By: Laura Ungar ST. LOUIS — Patricia Powers went a few years without health insurance and couldn’t afford regular doctor visits. So she had…
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What is Really Needed to Improve the Health of Black Women?
My mother recently passed away, and as I reflected on her life and thought about my work in women’s health, I couldn’t help but…
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Introducing FORESIGHT: Designing a Future for Health
If you ask today’s analysts about the future of health, you’ll get a dismal response. They project runaway health care costs, inadequate health outcomes,…
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Making Change – Capturing HRSA New Access Points Funding for Missouri
Our MoCAP program is a bit different from our other changemaking strategies. Through it we offer free grant-writing services and technical assistance to qualifying…
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We All Have a Safety Net
Recently, we’ve had no shortage of news reports about all the ways that the health and social safety net should be re-evaluated and strengthened.…
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Medicaid Basics: Using the Fundamentals During a Time of Transformation
Last week, the Missouri General Assembly passed the 2020 budget including $34 million to transform and modernize Medicaid (referred to as MO HealthNet in…
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Pre-existing Conditions: Is poverty on the list?
Pre-existing conditions, a term of art in the health insurance industry, has garnered widespread attention recently. What began in the 1930s as a list…
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A Broken Government Reveals What Unites Us – The Net Benefit
When we launched our campaign #TheNetBenefit last summer, we already knew we were dealing with a critical issue. Our goal was a timely one…
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Leveling the Playing Field: Fairness and Health
Growing up, my sense of fairness came from two things. The first is sports. My dad was a coach. He coached football, basketball, and…
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Getting Help When We Need It: The Net Benefit
It was a stark headline – “Despite strong economy, many Americans struggling to get by” – according to the article and a new report…
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Missouri Foundation for Health Launches The Net Benefit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health cstewart@mffh.org (314) 345-5505 Missouri Foundation for Health Launches The Net Benefit Campaign to lift…