Swope Health Services

PACE KC, a year-old integrated health care program for older adults, lets Jackson County residents find care and support while avoiding a nursing home. But it's still not very well known or understood.

The states have been studying how to support their aging populations, but now critical federal funds won’t be available to help.

Jackson County should have seen Missouri's largest enrollment in Medicaid expansion, but only a fraction of eligible resident have been signed up. That's partly because it takes almost 100 days for Missouri to approve an application — more than twice the maximum time allowed under federal law.

As health care providers brace for increasing infection rates, one drive-thru food giveaway is adding free COVID-19 testing to the menu and exam rooms are being retrofitted to reduce the risk of viral spread.