Implementation of Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care in Missouri: Impacts for Pregnant Women | Page 2Anna Stauber SommersPhDGenevieve M. KenneyPhDand Lisa Dubay
This study assesses the impact of mandatory Medicaid managed care in Missouri, relative to fee-for-service on prenatal care, maternal behavior, and low birth weight among pregnant women. Using birth certificate data linked to Medicaid enrollment data in 1995 and 2000, the authors found that manage...
whether gestational timeline, reason for need of care, or others, is a detriment to women. This is about medical care which should be decided by a woman and her doctor, not a politician. If a woman’s morals, religion, or social stance lead to a decision in the case of an ...
“The vote to expand the Medicaid program will provide greater access to health insurance coverage for the working poor. We are hopeful that the expansion of this important program will improve health outcomes for those with unmet healthcare needs as well as help Missouri’s hospitals keep...
Beginning Aug. 28, Missouri health care providers won't be able to prescribe those gender-affirming treatments for teens and children. Most adults will still have access to transgender health care under the law, but Medicaid won't cover it. Prisoners in the state mus...
although minors who already receive puberty-blockers and hormone treatments would be exempt from the new restrictions. The ban also affects some adults — Medicaid health care won't cover any gender-affirming care in the state, and surgery will no longer be available...
It puts the cost of Missouri’s share of an expanded Medicaid program at $450 million dollars per year. It further suggests Missouri could not pay its share of the overhaul without cutting funding to education. Asked for reaction … Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said the Governor’s Office is...
Republican lawmakers have been trying for years to crack down on initiative petitions, which have been used to enact policies that the Republican-led Legislature either avoided dealing with or opposed. For example, a 2020 citizen-led ballot initiative forced the state to expand Medicaid cover...
in Montana, where abortion is already legal until viability. Colorado's measure enshrined already-existing access and undoes an earlier amendment that prohibited state and local government funding for abortion, opening the possibility of state Medicaid and government employee insurance plans covering care...
This high prevalence of opioid overdose deaths underscores the need for affordable opioid abuse treatment. And for this reason, in 2022, Missouri was among four states that significantly increased the number of state-licensed drug rehab facilities accepting Medicaid. ...