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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 McKinsey & Company. Prompted by predictions of Medicaid’s continued growth and impact on the state’s budget, the report thoroughly examined its financing and operations and presented numerous opportunities and suggestions for…
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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 are historically less healthy and less wealthy than white Americans, have experienced higher death rates, are more likely to have encountered job and other income losses, and face longer-lasting economic fallout…
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(Re)Building a Healthy St. Louis
Yesterday I attended an all-day fair housing conference at UMSL, “Segregation in St. Louis: Dismantling the Divide,” organized by the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council. The “divide” in the title alludes to the Delmar Divide, a real and symbolic gulf between white and black St. Louisans. The conference’s keynote speaker, Richard Rothstein,…
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What’s Next for Health in Missouri?
While politics might still remain in the forefront of our minds, it’s essential that our focus turns forward to the crucial task at hand – improving the health and well-being of communities and people most in need in our region. We have much to do. Unfortunately, Missouri is well below average among states on most…
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Firearm Injury & Death Prevention
Whether taking the form of homicides, suicides, or accidents, firearm violence deeply impacts all Missourians. Solutions can feel elusive, but change is possible. The more people we bring together, gun-owners and non-owners alike, the closer we will be to finding the approaches we need to put an end to the cycles of firearm injury and…
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The High Price of Health Care in Missouri: Confronting Crushing Costs
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) more than a decade ago, Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH), along with thousands of advocates across the state, has focused attention and resources on connecting Missourians to health care coverage. These efforts, while ongoing, have been remarkably successful. In 2020, over 70,000 more Missourians had health…
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Executive Assistant to the President
The Executive Assistant to the President provides high-level administrative support for the President and CEO, ensuring they can dedicate their time and attention to critical matters.
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Partnerships and New Strategies Expand Our Show Me Healthy Housing Work
Our pilot program Show Me Healthy Housing continues to expand in size and scope. The effort provides funding to health-related nonprofit agencies for the construction of housing as well as the provision of case management and health care services for their clients. This project is based around the concept of supportive housing, a strategy which…
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Health in Rural Communities: Invisible in national health reform?
Recently I met with community health leaders in three Missouri communities – Kirksville, Unionville, and Hannibal. In wide-ranging discussions on the state of health in rural Missouri, we covered topics like the high costs of health care and the sometimes impossibly complex bureaucratic system. We spoke about the many challenges in transportation, access to food,…
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Prescription Drugs are Costing Us Dearly
In the United States, we spend more on prescription drugs than citizens of any other country in the world, and these high prices are preventing people from living their best life. In a recent survey, over half of Missourians were worried about affording their prescriptions, while one-third reported that they have not filled a prescription,…
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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 future, this late-summer day serves as a reminder of what progress has been achieved in the aftermath of the unrest in Ferguson, and what work remains. This is a day not…
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Our Focus
Strategic Initiatives At any given time, we’re committed to addressing a diverse mix of pressing issues in our region, never losing sight of the equity lens that shapes all our work. Our Changemaking Tools Our strategic initiatives are just one piece in our portfolio of changemaking tools. Learn more about the many other ways we’re…