Every Sunday, eight to 10 people who can’t afford health insurance visit a free clinic in west St. Louis County.

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Missouri senators have approved a measure that would require approval from lawmakers or voters before the state makes efforts to set up health insurance exchanges.
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Recruiting doctors to small towns is a chronic problem. Most places try to lure a physician by rolling out the red carpet with a big salary, a home on a golf course or other cushy perks.
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Nurse practitioners say existing Missouri laws are preventing them from providing the best possible care to their patients, and lawmakers seem to agree.
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The health law’s biggest changes don’t take effect until 2014, when states and insurers must be ready to begin signing up an estimated 32 million people in Medicaid and private insurance. But a successful rollout in two years hinges on critical decisions that states must make – and take quick action on – this year.
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Missouri’s health insurance costs rose just one-tenth of 1 percent due to a requirement that some Missouri health insurers pay to treat autism, the state Department of Insurance reported Tuesday.
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The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to repeal a provision of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul setting up a home-care program for the elderly and disabled that regulators said was unworkable.
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Tens of thousands of combat troops who undergo routine health checks before returning home need treatment for ailments ranging from bad backs to mental illness, helping to drive a backlog of troops waiting for medical retirements, new Pentagon data show.
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Under the health care overhaul, the federal government will start taxing itself and the states beginning in 2014. The law calls for a new tax on health insurers’ premium revenue �” intended to help pay for expansion of coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans.
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With a looming primary health care professional shortage, the health care reform law, or Affordable Care Act (ACA), will provide financial assistance to many current and future health professionals.
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The health care reform law’s provision requiring Americans to carry basic health insurance — known as the individual mandate — has been the topic of much controversy and confusion. As the debate continues and the courts review cases regarding the provision, there are some basics all Missourians should understand.
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One of the most popular programs under the Affordable Care Act will stop accepting applications on May 5, 2011, more than two years ahead of schedule, because of stronger than anticipated demand. The Early Retiree Reinsurance Program helps businesses provide coverage to retirees not yet eligible for Medicare.
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March 23rd marks one year since the much-debated Affordable Care Act was signed into law. And even today, Missourians are divided in their opinions of this law, which has seen its share of hits and misses over the last year.
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Every year, Missouri senior citizens pay thousands of dollars out of their own pockets to get the prescription drugs they need, because of a coverage gap in Medicare. However, new provisions of the health care reform law are slowly but surely chipping away at the Medicare “donut hole,” which impacts about 3 million beneficiaries across the country and about 82,000 in Missouri annually.
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