Category: Health Equity
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Roe v. Wade: The Wrong Way for Our Rights
Unlike most men, in our society, a women’s life trajectory is often inextricably linked to childbearing. Childbearing can be a joyous and life-affirming occasion.…
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Roe v. Wade: The Wrong Way for Our Rights
While the Supreme Court has decided to overturn Roe v. Wade, thereby further upholding discriminatory oppression and damaging our health systems, Missouri Foundation for…
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Will We Hear the Voices of the LGBTQ Community?
This piece was originally published in Grantmakers in Health’s Views From the Field. Across the United States we are seeing a coordinated campaign to…
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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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Advancing Health and Equity in Missouri Through the American Rescue Plan Act
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have had particularly devastating effects on already distressed communities. Latino, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, and Black people, who…
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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…