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11-13-2008

New Cover Missouri Report Defines Affordable Health Care for Missouri, Calls for Sliding Scale of Affordability

Missouri policymakers should develop a progressive sliding scale of affordability based on household income when designing health coverage policies for Missouri, according to a new report released today.
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11-07-2008

New Cover Missouri Poll Finds Health Care is Top Economic Concern for Show-Me State Voters

Missouri voters rank health care – particularly rising health care costs – as their number one economic concern, ahead of higher taxes and job security. They want their newly elected officials to make fixing the state’s health care system, so it is more affordable for all, a top priority according to a new poll released today.
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07-21-2008

New Cover Missouri Report Details Life and Death Consequences of Lack of Health Insurance

A new report released today details the life and death consequences to the state of Missouri that stem from its high number of residents that lack health insurance. The report, The Significance of Missouri’s Uninsured, was produced by Cover Missouri, a recently created project of the Missouri Foundation for Health with the goal of promoting quality, affordable health coverage for every Missourian.
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06-20-2008

Cover Missouri Releases New Information on the State’s Health Care System

Cover Missouri, the recently launched project of the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) that will develop, publish, and promote specific policy recommendations to increase the number of Missourians with quality, affordable health coverage, today released three new fact sheets: The State of Missouri¡¦s Health, Defining Quality Coverage, and Overview of U.S. Health Coverage.
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05-27-2008

Missouri Foundation for Health Launches Cover Missouri and www.covermissouri.org

Seeking to provide Missouri policymakers with specific policy options to increase the number of Missourians with quality, affordable health insurance coverage, the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) announced today the launch of the Cover Missouri and its website, www.covermissouri.org.
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News Clips

11-21-2008

San Francisco Chronicle: Town hall meetings on fixing health care system

Seizing on the momentum of the presidential election and the promise of change on a historic scale, a grassroots "conversation" about health care reform under the Obama administration began Thursday with town hall meetings around the nation, including several in the Bay Area.
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11-20-2008

Wall Street Journal: States Cut Services for Elderly, Disabled

Faced with widening budget shortfalls, several states are rolling back support services for the elderly and disabled. The move is making it tougher for them to continue living on their own, advocates say.
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11-20-2008

Wall Street Journal: This Time Around, Health-Care Revamp Has Wings

The effort to overhaul the nation’s health system will begin next year with one clear advantage over previous attempts: A wide variety of interest groups are rooting for it to succeed rather than plotting to kill it.
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11-20-2008

New York Times: Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition

The health insurance industry said Wednesday that it would support a health care overhaul requiring insurers to accept all customers, regardless of illness or disability. But in return, the industry said, Congress should require all Americans to have coverage.
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11-19-2008

Kansas City Star: Deductibles jump for employees’ health benefits

The median deductible required by Kansas City area employers for employees to participate in preferred provider organization health plans jumped to $1,000 this year from $500 last year.
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