This is the third and final evaluation report for Missouri Foundation for Health’s Show Me Healthy Housing pilot program. Through Show Me Healthy Housing, the foundation provided grants to four supportive housing programs: two that served veterans experiencing homelessness, one that served homeless families, and one that served individuals with a serious mental illness or…
This brief reviews and examines research and data from expansion and non-expansion states. This report first looks at the opportunities for Missouri concerning Medicaid expansion, including the impact on health insurance coverage, health outcomes, the state budget, and economic activity. The brief then reviews the challenges of Medicaid expansion, including enrollment, gaps in coverage, and…
Missouri Foundation for Health retained Regional Economic Models, Inc. to evaluate the economic impacts of expanding Missouri’s Medicaid program, MO HealthNet (MOHN). Missouri is one of only 14 states that has not expanded Medicaid as intended under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Seventy-five percent of older adults want to age in their homes and communities, but the majority will need assistance with daily activities such as preparing meals, grooming, and managing medications. Many have family, friends, or neighbors to care for them and who help provide transportation, coordinate health care appointments, offer companionship, among many other benefits.…
On August 1, 2018, under the direction of President Donald Trump, the United States Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued a final rule expanding access to short-term health insurance plans. Short-term health plans are limited-duration, non-renewable insurance intended to provide health insurance for individuals experiencing a temporary gap in coverage, such…
On June 19,2018, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule widening access to association health insurance plans (AHP). AHPs are health plans offered by small businesses and sole proprietors that allow groups to act as one large employer when offeringhealth insurance to their employees. These arrangements are viewed as a way…
The Missouri Department of Social Services is beginning a ‘Medicaid Transformation’ with an overarching objective to “build a best-in-class program that addresses the needs of Missouri’s most vulnerable population in a way that is financially sustainable.” Director of MO HealthNet, Missouri’s Medicaid program, Todd Richardson has indicated that a primary undertaking will be to implement…
Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 directed the expansion of Medicaid to cover all adults with incomes up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), a subsequent Supreme Court ruling in 2012 made this expansion optional. Thus far, 37 states have expanded their programs. This analysis estimates the impact of an expansion…