Press Releases

Cover Missouri has published a brochure in Spanish to provide plain-language answers to frequently asked questions about health reform.
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Cover Missouri has a new brochure to provide plain-language answers to frequently asked questions about health reform.
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Health cooperatives, or co-ops, have been proposed in one of the health reform bills as an independent, consumer-driven health coverage option to compete with existing insurance companies. This fact sheet explains what co-ops are and how they operate.
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With health insurance premiums climbing much faster than wages, more Missouri businesses and their employees are struggling to afford health coverage. A new Cover Missouri publication highlights issues faced by businesses when deciding to offer health coverage.
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Recent research shows the majority of Missouri small business owners believe health care reform is necessary, and they are willing to be part of a solution that controls costs and guarantees coverage for everyone.
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Cover Missouri, a project of the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH), has produced a Frequently Asked Questions brochure to help Missourians understand some of the terms being used and to answer some frequently asked questions.
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Cover Missouri has released a fact sheet that examines key aspects of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) and its significance for Missouri children.
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Missouri’s safety net health care providers are seeing increased numbers of uninsured patients and are incurring new financial strains as a result of the changes made to Missouri’s Medicaid system in 2005. New reports released today also demonstrate how these safety net providers — Missouri’s hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) — pass on to those with private insurance their increasing cost of providing care to the uninsured.
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A new paper released today examines how the national economic crisis and a looming budget shortfall in the state threaten to put a major strain on Missouri’s Medicaid program.
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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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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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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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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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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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