Medicaid

Missouri and Kansas service providers are working long hours, waitlisting care and consolidating services as they grapple with a shortage of workers.

Five months after a judge ruled Missouri must begin enrolling people in its newly expanded Medicaid program, only 20% of newly eligible residents have signed up. Health experts blame the slow start on the state's lack of outreach efforts.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson hopes the legislature will pass his proposed raises for state employees in time for them to go into effect in February.

As the Missouri legislature began its 2022 session, Gov. Mike Parson explained his priorities on spending federal dollars, congressional redistricting and the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than half a dozen bills have been filed so far that aim to strip abortion providers or their affiliates of participation in the state’s Medicaid program or from receiving public benefits more broadly.

The Republican senator's decision set off an electoral domino effect that included opening up two GOP congressional seats.

A proposed bipartisan bill would greatly increase the length of health care coverage for new mothers.

One of America's richest companies will pay nearly $30 million to the state of Kansas for allegedly overcharging Medicaid for pharmaceuticals. Also, some towns in the Midwest are offering free land or $15,000 no-strings-attached checks to attract new residents.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says Centene kept Kansas in the dark about drug discounts and used other strategies to squeeze more profit out of the state's Medicaid program.

The difference comes down to the approaches taken by the two states, both of which are Republican-led and resisted expanding Medicaid for years.

A racist incident at a Kansas City high school appears to have played out far differently than was originally reported. Now a prominent civil rights attorney is representing four students in a federal lawsuit against the school district.

Months after a court ordered Missouri to expand Medicaid, the state has been slow to reach out to hundreds of thousands of eligible residents who could benefit from the public health care program.