Category: Health Equity
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Ensuring Healthy Moms: The Case for Extending Medicaid Postpartum Coverage
Missouri is experiencing a maternal mortality crisis, with mortality rates double the national average. The situation is even more dire for Black parents, who…
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New Campaign Features Testimonials from Missourians With Long COVID to Encourage More Vaccinations Statewide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Z. Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health cstewart@mffh.org New Campaign Features Testimonials from Missourians With Long COVID to Encourage…
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For the Sake of Racial Equity, It’s Time for Nationwide Medicaid Expansion
It took more than a decade of work from countless organizations and dedicated individuals to make it a reality, but on July 22, the…
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Medicaid Expansion Upheld by Missouri Supreme Court
In August of 2020, a substantial majority of Missouri voters approved an amendment to ingrain Medicaid expansion into the state’s constitution. Today, in a…
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Contraceptive Access is Critical to Health Equity
The Missouri General Assembly has reconvened for a special session this week to reauthorize the Federal Reimbursement Allowance (FRA), the provider tax that finances…
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Setback for Medicaid Expansion in Missouri From Latest Court Decision
In August of 2020, a substantial majority of Missouri voters approved an amendment to ingrain Medicaid expansion into Missouri’s constitution. Despite this progress, today,…
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A Win for Missouri Children: A Systems-Change Approach
Sometimes things work out exactly how they are supposed to. Call it kismet, call it karma, call it dumb luck. For me it happened…
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A Constitutional Right to Medicaid Coverage
There is no single issue more important to the Foundation’s work and mission than Medicaid expansion and achieving health equity in Missouri. In August…
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The People Have Spoken: Medicaid Expansion
Missouri Foundation for Health is disappointed in the legislature’s decision not to fund Medicaid expansion in the state fiscal year 2022 budget. Last August,…
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Reflections: Acknowledging the Challenges
To my fellow changemakers, The end of my tenure at MFH is drawing near. My upcoming retirement gives me the opportunity to reflect on…
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Revitalizing Public Health in Missouri
In normal times, the public health system operates in the background, largely unnoticed by most of the public. The ability to turn on the…
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My Take on the COVID-19 Vaccine: Choice, Lived Experience, and Trust
In 2021 all Missourians are participating, one way or another, in a life-and-death undertaking to bring the pandemic under control by reaching herd immunity…