Medicaid

Around two dozen people from local health organizations aired concerns Wednesday at a roundtable in downtown St. Louis convened by U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell.

“I think that we should celebrate this injunction, but we should continue to be vigilant,” said Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Chief Medical Officer Margaret Baum.

In a wide-ranging interview with St. Louis Public Radio, MoHealthNet director Todd Richardson discussed some of the program’s big challenges — including implementing work requirements.

Planned Parenthood Great Rivers announced layoffs to combat cuts to Medicaid.

Gov. Mike Kehoe is hopeful Congress will reverse course on major restrictions on medical provider taxes before they fully go into effect.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley was able to include the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in a major budgetary package.

Clinics that provide medical services regardless of patients’ ability to pay, like Affinia Healthcare, could lose critical funding from Medicaid if President Trump's legislation passes.

The final version of the bill contains restrictions on medical provider taxes that alarmed Missouri hospitals.

For several years, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has pushed to add Missouri ZIP codes to a program known as RECA that provides compensation to people who became sick due to radiation exposure.

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown St. Louis on Thursday to rally for workers’ rights. The May Day rally is a nationwide protest against the Trump administration’s policies that are affecting everyday people.