Show-Me Medicaid expansion? Missouri weighs the costs
When the US Supreme Court upheld the federal health care law in June, it ruled that states couldn’t be penalized for failing to expand their Medicaid programs.After the ruling, Missouri was one of a...
View ArticleIllinois Sets Benchmark For Health Coverage
Illinois has chosen a Blue Cross Blue Shield small group policy as the benchmark plan for essential health benefits in the state, another milestone in implementing President Barack Obama's health care...
View ArticleFederal Judge Dismisses Contraception Mandate Lawsuit
A federal judge in St. Louis has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the contraception mandate of the federal health care law.The lawsuit filed on behalf of Frank O'Brien and his company, O'Brien...
View ArticleFed. Appeals Court Won't Reinstate Kinder's Suit Against Federal Health Care Law
Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder has lost another round in his battle against President Obama’s federal health care law.The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the Republican Lt....
View ArticleReport: US Law Could Increase Mo. Medicaid Costs
A new report says Missouri's Medicaid costs could rise by 6.6 percent over 10 years if the state fully implements the federal health care law.But the report also says almost half of that increase will...
View ArticleHealthcare For All: Proposing Fixes To Medicare
Host Don Marsh talks with Dr. David Ansell about his proposal to reform healthcare by fixing Medicare and providing it to all Americans. Dr. Ansell is the Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs...
View ArticleHealth Disparities Among LGBT Missourians
A recently released report shows there is a disparity in health care among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Missourians. The study by the Missouri Foundation for Health shows LGBT individuals...
View ArticleNurses Picket Outside SLU Hospital
Close to 100 nurses from Saint Louis University Hospital and Des Peres Hospital picketed in the cold outside of SLU Hospital on Monday morning, saying they are required to do too much with too little...
View ArticleWhy Something That Feels Good Has Been Bad News For St. Louis
When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its most recent data on sexually transmitted infections, the numbers once again showed bad news for St. Louis.
View ArticleIll. Gov. Quinn: Group To Address Health Care Workforce
Gov. Pat Quinn says he is taking steps to ensure Illinois has the workforce it needs to fill thousands of new health care jobs.Quinn says the jobs will be created as Illinois implements the Affordable...
View ArticleBarnes-Jewish Gets Initial Approval For Major Expansion
A planned expansion of the Barnes-Jewish medical complex could be underway later this year, now that the city has given its initial approval.The Preservation Board last night gave BJC HealthCare the...
View ArticleMedicare Pulls Back Curtain On Hospital Bills
When it comes to health care, the biggest of the big data are all about Medicare.So, it's kind of a BIG deal when the government releases what individual hospitals charge Medicare — and what they...
View ArticleHere's What St. Louis Regional Hospitals Charge For 100 Most Common Procedures
For the first time, the federal government has released the prices that hospitals charge for the 100 most common inpatient procedures.The prices for a given procedure can vary by tens of thousands of...
View ArticleUniversity of Missouri System To Offer Health Care Benefits To Same-Sex Couples
This story will be updated. Corrected at 12:30 p.m. to reflect when the vote was taken.Employees of the University of Missouri system will now be able to include their same-sex partner on their...
View ArticleWith Opening Of Missouri's Health Care Exchange, Beware Of Scammers
State authorities and medical professionals are warning the public to beware of con artists seeking to take advantage of the opening of Missouri’s federally-run health care exchange next week.Dave...
View ArticleGetting Ahead By Starting Over: Training To Be A Medical Assistant
Following years of dead-end jobs in the fast-food industry, Hollee Brooks decided to trade her restaurant uniform for scrubs, and train to become a medical technician. If she makes it through nine...
View ArticleMo. Medicaid Fraud Unit Recovers $47 Million In 2013
The state of Missouri recovered more than $47 million in fraudulent claims made by Medicaid providers in 2013.That's about an average year for Attorney General Chris Koster's Medicaid Fraud Unit. The...
View ArticleNurses Picket Outside SLU Hospital
Close to 100 nurses from Saint Louis University Hospital and Des Peres Hospital picketed in the cold outside of SLU Hospital on Monday morning, saying they are required to do too much with too little...
View ArticleWhy Something That Feels Good Has Been Bad News For St. Louis
When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its most recent data on sexually transmitted infections, the numbers once again showed bad news for St. Louis.
View ArticleIll. Gov. Quinn: Group To Address Health Care Workforce
Gov. Pat Quinn says he is taking steps to ensure Illinois has the workforce it needs to fill thousands of new health care jobs.Quinn says the jobs will be created as Illinois implements the Affordable...
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