Missouri and Kansas are adjusting Medicaid budgets ahead of federal changes expected to cut coverage for thousands of people. The big picture: New federal rules are expected to reduce Medicaid ...

Kevin Wehner has been there for Missourians as they have dealt with unanswered questions, long wait times and the confusion as they enrolled for government insurance. He was there as the Affordable ...

Missouri officials are launching an expanded effort to find fraud in the state's Medicaid system as part of a broader effort pushed by the Trump administration to root out fraud.

MISSOURI, USA — Policymakers and health advocates said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could be “devastating” to thousands of Missourians who rely on Medicaid and ...

Medicaid eligibility changes in the federal law could cause 130,000 Missourians to become uninsured in the next decade, according to one estimate from Princeton University. A proposed constitutional ...

Rural hospitals in Missouri say a $50 billion federal investment in rural healthcare will be insufficient in offsetting ...

Research from Washington University shows two-thirds of Missouri Medicaid recipients are employed. Others who didn’t work cited disability, illness, caregiving or retirement as reasons. The study ...

MO Healthnet Division Director Todd Richardson will step down from his position leading the state’s Medicaid program at the end of October, according to a spokesperson for the Missouri Department of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted her to make an excruciating choice — to give up guardianship ...