Category: Health Policy
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Medicaid Expansion Makes Sense for Rural Missouri
Rural hospitals are in crisis. Over the past decade, 128 rural hospitals across the United States have closed. 2019 was the worst year yet,…
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Navigating COVID-19: Health Policy Solutions – Telehealth
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every facet of our daily lives — from where we work and worship to how our children learn…
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A Tale of Two Systems – The shortchanging of public health
We have two health systems in this country. One – our health care system – is anchored in medical treatment delivered one patient at…
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Birth Control Access and the Supreme Court’s Ruling
We believe a woman has the right to make her own decisions about her health care. Extensive research has demonstrated that policies and practices…
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COVID-19 Shines a Spotlight on the Need for Medicaid Expansion in Missouri
COVID-19 presents two massive challenges for our society. The first is the direct challenge to our health. The second is the challenge to our…
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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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Policy Work as a Tool of Change – Our Health Policy Journey
Our mission as a Foundation, to improve the health and well-being of people and communities most in need, is ambitious. Since our founding in…
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Keeping People at the Center: Medicaid in Missouri
Last month the Missouri Department of Social Services released a 115-page “Rapid Response Review – Assessment of Missouri Medicaid Program,” prepared by the consultancy…
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Missouri Foundation for Health and KFF Announce New Long-term Partnership, Establish Kaiser Health News Midwest Bureau in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, MO & SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) and KFF (the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) have entered into…
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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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Ferguson, Justice, and the Health of the Region
Every August 9th since Michael Brown’s death four years ago, we’ve taken stock of where we are as a region. Now and for the foreseeable…