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Missouri Medicaid Basics At-a-Glance Fact sheet (2023)
Missouri’s Medicaid program provides health insurance for low-income children and parents, adults aged 19-64, seniors aged 65+, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. It allows Missourians to see a doctor when they are sick, get check-ups, buy medications, and go to the hospital. Having health insurance allows Missourians to maintain their health, go to work,…
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Improving Contraceptive Access
Lessons learned from The Right Time, an initiative to promote access to comprehensive family planning services for all Missourians.
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Examining the 12-Month Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Option for Missouri
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allows states to file a state plan amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for postpartum women to 12 months after birth. Currently, in Missouri, coverage under the MO HealthNet for Pregnant Women (MPW) and Show-Me Healthy Babies(SMHB) programs ends 60 days postpartum. If Missouri were to extend coverage, women in…
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Prospects for Expanded Paid Sick Leave Mandates in Missouri: Summary
This report summary is an excerpt from Research on Paid Leave in Missouri (2022)
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of a 3/5 Paid Sick Leave Proposal for Missouri: Summary
This summary is an excerpt from Research on Paid Leave in Missouri (2022), outlining the costs and benefits of a 3/5 paid sick leave mandate. A 3/5 mandate would require small employers (those with less than 15 employees) to offer three days of paid leave and large employers (those with 15+ employees) to offer at…
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Estimating Public and Private Sector Missouri Workers’ Lack of Access to Paid Leave: Summary
This summary is an excerpt from Research on Paid Leave in Missouri (2022).
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Reducing Opioid Deaths in Missouri Harm Reduction Strategies
This publication explores how adopting additional harm reduction strategies would prevent overdose deaths and stem the increase of such deaths in Missouri. Harm reduction strategies save lives by preventing overdoses and giving individuals more information about the substances they’re using. These methods can also help meet other needs by connecting individuals to health care, addiction,…
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Harm Reduction: A Strategy to Reduce the Toll of Substance Use in Missouri
Harm reduction is a public health strategy that aims to reduce the negative consequences of substance use for individualsand minimize social harms. The primary goals of harm reduction techniques are reducing infectious disease transmission,improving public safety, providing supportive services and lifesaving medications, improving pathways to treatment, andultimately reducing substance use disorder (SUD) and overdose rates.…
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Combating Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Food security exists when people have access to enough food for an active, healthy life at all times. Estimates in 2018 showed that about 865,000 people in Missouri, or 14% of the state population, were struggling with food insecurity – and about a fourth of them were children. Although food insecurity has declined over the…
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Child Tax Credit Enhancements Under the American Rescue Plan Act
In recent years, there has been a renewed demand for offering direct benefits to families with children to reduce child poverty in the United States. The federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARP), which became law on March 11, 2021, expands the Child Tax Credit (CTC) scope to benefit more families. This tax credit can significantly…
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Missouri Behavioral Health System Asset Mapping Report
Behavioral health (mental health and substance use) needs overlap with all aspects of health and human services. Ideal community behavioral health systems require collaboration at the local level to bring together multiple funders, service providers, and subsystems (criminal justice, housing, child protection, health) to work together to meet community needs. The systems of prevention, intervention,…
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Navigating COVID-19: Health Policy Solutions – Telehealth
In early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis disrupted the health care system, with federal and state governments quickly altering health care delivery and payment to adapt to patient and provider needs. Telehealth has been a prevalent alternative to in-person care during the pandemic. To support the growing use of telehealth, the federal government and the state…