Missouri health care consumers cheer Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable...
Missouri consumers are responding with gratitude and relief to today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act. “Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a huge win for Missouri families, who...
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Statement of John R. Seffrin, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) WASHINGTON – June 28, 2012 – “The U.S. Supreme...
View ArticleHow does Obamacare benefit you?
A lot of Americans have had questions about what the Affordable Care Act – often known as “health care reform” or “Obamacare” – means for them. Now there is a new interactive tool to help guide health...
View ArticleAlliance Release: Vote on Medicaid Expansion Defies Public Opinion, Array of...
…committee sides with lone lobbyist over dozens of diverse supporters… Jefferson City, Mo. – The following is the statement of Andrea Routh, Executive Director of the Missouri Health Advocacy Alliance,...
View ArticleThe True Cost of Medicaid Expansion Failure in Missouri
Missourians to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Show Human Cost of Medicaid Expansion Failure …1,500 candles to represent annual Missouri lives that will be lost without expanded access to lifesaving health...
View ArticleRAND Corp. study: increased costs for states that decline Medicaid dollars
There’s a new study on the economic impact of states declining to take advantage of the federal dollars that come with a Medicaid expansion…and the news is not good for them. States that choose not to...
View Article“A healthy attitude toward expanding Medicaid”
Wendell Potter has followed-up his Alliance-sponsored visit to Missouri with an op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today. Six years ago this month, while serving as head of communications for one of...
View ArticleLatino Outreach Stepped Up As ACA Open-Enrollment Deadline Nears
Important information on Latino outreach, from Public News Service: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – With just about six weeks to go in the open-enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, the push is on to...
View ArticleTimothy Jost on CMS FAQs re: Section 1332 waivers
CMS Notifies Households Affected By Social Security Glitch Eligibility for premium tax credits for a family is based on household income. The income of dependents such as children, however, is only...
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